Lots of interesting detail in this article. But..v sceptical about claims from ‘senior Conservative Party politician’ that scientific advisers had ‘cognitive bias’...& consequent blaming of scientists not politicians. Feels like a theme.. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci-idUSKBN21P1VF
Special Report: Johnson listened to his scientists about coronavirus - but they were slow to sound...

It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was "highly likely," they said, that there was now "sustained transmission" of COVID-19 in the United...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci-idUSKBN21P1VF
In this article by @SebastianEPayne, it was all the fault of a) the cabinet secretary b) the NHS.. https://www.ft.com/content/b7277a55-387b-4529-85af-54c7a691b0cc
With Johnson under fire, blame game begins over virus crisis

Media criticism intensifies after disclosure that only 2,000 NHS staff have been tested

https://www.ft.com/content/b7277a55-387b-4529-85af-54c7a691b0cc
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