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. @AndyMacaskill: Why didn’t your team start reviewing & modelling the consequences of lockdown until mid-March?
@uksciencechief: We modelled all scenarios throughout February
AM: John Edmunds told us neither he or @neil_ferguson carried out any modelling
@uksciencechief: We modelled all scenarios throughout February
AM: John Edmunds told us neither he or @neil_ferguson carried out any modelling
Neil Ferguson’s calculations were the basis for the govt’s #HerdImmunity strategy until 16/3 & he realised it was based on ‘flawed assumptions’ (or as govt said “the science changed”).
John Edmunds was key to govt modelling (here with @tomaspueyo on 14/3)
John Edmunds was key to govt modelling (here with @tomaspueyo on 14/3)
Patrick Vallance - clearly irritated by @AndyMacaskill’s follow-up question - says “the modelling came in from a lot of different sources”.
It is inconceivable that Edmunds & Ferguson weren’t central to - or atleast fully informed of - any modelling. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN21P1VF
It is inconceivable that Edmunds & Ferguson weren’t central to - or atleast fully informed of - any modelling. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN21P1VF
This means that either:
1. Edmunds & Ferguson are wrong; or
2. Patrick Vallance is wrong; or
3. Andy McKaskill & @StephenGrey & @Reuters are wrong.
If it is either 1 or 2, this could signal splits in SAGE as the govt tries to put the blame on them for the current chaos.
1. Edmunds & Ferguson are wrong; or
2. Patrick Vallance is wrong; or
3. Andy McKaskill & @StephenGrey & @Reuters are wrong.
If it is either 1 or 2, this could signal splits in SAGE as the govt tries to put the blame on them for the current chaos.
Yesterday’s question
by @AndyMacaskill was one of the first really penetrating questions asked by a journalist during weeks of @10DowningStreet daily #coronavirus briefings.
Here are 20 more that could be asked (via @campbellclaret). #Corona19 #COVID2019 https://www.thearticle.com/media-questions-at-no10-briefings-are-woeful-here-are-20-they-should-ask
by @AndyMacaskill was one of the first really penetrating questions asked by a journalist during weeks of @10DowningStreet daily #coronavirus briefings.Here are 20 more that could be asked (via @campbellclaret). #Corona19 #COVID2019 https://www.thearticle.com/media-questions-at-no10-briefings-are-woeful-here-are-20-they-should-ask