'work by scientists had shown that, with only limited interventions, the virus would trigger an “overwhelming epidemic” in which Britain’s health service was not going “to get anywhere near being able to cope with it. That was clear from the beginning.”' https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci-idUSKBN21P1VF

Must-read special report from @Reuters on the British response to COVID-19. Seriously undermines the "the science has changed" narrative from mid-March.

See also this thread. https://twitter.com/jana_bacevic/status/1247815492850585601?s=20