My recollection is a bit different. I thought they said there was no evidence yet that it was more lethal, just more infectious. I recall you being dubious of the 70% figure and how they came to that conveniently so quickly.
...and you know why their death rate will get up near the UKs? Yes, because Johnson wouldn't take his own scientists advice to lock down in autumn...which then provided the conditions for the UK Virus to be created and spread across the continent.
I guess that will depend on which history book you read.
Acknowledge that other leaders have as well then, fair is fair
These will be the same scientists who told him on the 10th March that we were 4/6 weeks behind Italy. Then on 13th March said oops sorry, we were working on data 2 weeks old.
I know they've said more recently that they think it may be a bit more lethal, but I haven't seen that 100% figure quoted.
The one's that deal in incontrovertible facts.
The leadership in France over the vaccines has been appalling. If you're going to make a statement about a vaccine then stick with it. The confusion has probably cost lives. The AZ vaccine will save lives even if it'll take some from side effects. But until a greater supply of other vaccine becomes availabe to sideline it, it should have been taken...once the data was in on efficacy for over 65s.
Ferguson was part of SAGE and his advice along with many others was we faced the loss of hundreds of thousands unless a lockdown was called...which was called, just way too late.
