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“48 hours in September when ministers and scientists split over COVID lockdown.” This Sunday Times article has shocked me. I’m astounded at what I’ve just seen. https://archive.vn/UWnAm
A meeting took place in which Carl Heneghan, Sunetra Gupta and the clearly-wrong-all-along Tegnell dangled an imaginary carrot in front of the noses of our two most powerful politicians. A carrot based on fringe hypotheses (close to herd immunity sans vaccine) and weak analysis.
You have Chris Witty and Jeremy Farrar at your disposal, all of the members on SAGE.... TELLING YOU that this was going to happen.... and THIS is what you decide?
Boris and Rishi...guys... what a monumental mistake.
This article is a real bombshell, from my perspective.
Boris and Rishi...guys... what a monumental mistake.
This article is a real bombshell, from my perspective.
If you really want to do everything in your power to avoid a national lockdown, you don't side with precisely the people who are have been AGAINST a lockdown since the spring
It's been so painfully obvious that this virus was going to detonate in the winter, to me at least.
It's been so painfully obvious that this virus was going to detonate in the winter, to me at least.
I'm shocked that these scientists were handed opportunity to influence our top politicians armed only with conjecture and fringe science.
Poor Boris and Rishi probably couldn't even tell the difference.
It's a slap in the face to SAGE.
I'm angry!
Poor Boris and Rishi probably couldn't even tell the difference.
It's a slap in the face to SAGE.
I'm angry!
And I want to add one more thing - again just an opinion. This 50% herd immunity in the population pre-pandemic is regularly cited by the lockdown skeptics and GBD proponents, but I *think* it comes from a big misunderstanding this summer.
Based on some data published showing cross reactivity in T cells to SARS-CoV-2 derived peptides, this was misinterpreted by the media as population-level immunity.
Here one of the senior authors and expert in T cell immunobiology is attempting to correct the record, but alas... the genie was out of the bottle. https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1280943933569200128?s=20
There is NO EVIDENCE of high levels of pre-existing immunity. None! This idea MUST NOT be used to lobby government at the highest level. It's so maddening! https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1336114566267191297?s=20
And for all the ‘you live in Switzerland what does this have to do with you’ trolls.
My MUM lives there. And yours might too.
So DO one, and don’t look back.
My MUM lives there. And yours might too.
So DO one, and don’t look back.
It just gets worse reading it again and again...
They were warned.
They were warned.
