In a normal investigative reporting world the biggest question being chased right now might be how the guy who predicted "mad sheep" and nine-figure bird flu deaths and whose model depends on 13-year-old code he hasn& #39;t released somehow has the ear of the world& #39;s governments.

But hey, @neil_ferguson says everybody loves his code! And he& #39;s not biased at all!

(Actually he didn& #39;t even say that, he said the people he& #39;d allowed to see it were "largely positive." Oh. Talk about a ringing endorsement.) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/19/experts-largely-positive-computer-coding-thatled-coronavirus/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020...