Thread below on released SAGE minutes from Jan-March. Shows that advice was to treat it like flu, unstoppable, & aim to stay within NHS capacity as it spread. Assumed coronavirus could not be contained- by China or any other country. https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1266418899408519168">https://twitter.com/devisridh...
They completely missed that countries could & #39;crunch& #39; the curve & buy time for a better solution than mass death. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/22/flattening-curve-new-zealand-coronavirus">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
Agree with @richardhorton1 that this will go down as the biggest failure in science policy for a generation. SAGE & this govt truly messed up with the result that UK has one of the highest death tolls & many people suffering post-Covid recovery with health problems.