One thing the Cummings row does is distract from this crushing Sunday Times review into @BorisJohnson failure to get on top of #coronavirus in March. And the lives that cost. It’s long and behind paywalls, but some key nuggets../1 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/three-weeks-of-dither-and-delay-on-coronavirus-that-cost-thousands-of-british-lives-05sjvwv7g">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/t...
Three weeks of dither and delay on coronavirus that cost thousands of British lives

There is a simple mathematical truth that would have caused alarm about the coronavirus pandemic if it had been more fully appreciated when it was first flagged up in reports from China in late

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/three-weeks-of-dither-and-delay-on-coronavirus-that-cost-thousands-of-british-lives-05sjvwv7g
Nugget one: weird case of edited vid message in which @BorisJohnson says on March 2 it’s “business as usual” as far as possible. When world is locking down. /2
Nugget 2: the whole @BorisJohnson handshaking debacle - the message it sent, the lives it maybe cost. /3
Nugget 2: the whole @BorisJohnson handshaking debacle - the message it sent, the lives it maybe cost. /3
Nugget 2: the whole @BorisJohnson handshaking debacle - the message it sent, the lives it maybe cost. /3
Nugget 2: the whole @BorisJohnson handshaking debacle - the message it sent, the lives it maybe cost. /3
Nugget 4 - the scientists who were clear that U.K. was lagging behind. This is not all “with the benefit of hindsight” /5
Nugget 4 - the scientists who were clear that U.K. was lagging behind. This is not all “with the benefit of hindsight” /5
Nugget 4 - the scientists who were clear that U.K. was lagging behind. This is not all “with the benefit of hindsight” /5
And finally. The government statement...the same weary mantra that doesn’t engage with the facts. ENDS
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