Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:05 pm
Quite alarming evidence from Prof Ferguson this afternoon.
I assume you're referring to the lockdown being brought in late, i don't disagree, and this will be a major part of any future inquiry.
Of course all the government supporters will no doubt claim it's easy to criticise with the benefit of hindsight, but i'm sure that people were calling for lockdown measures to be introduced earlier than they ultimately were.
This item's linked.
Coronavirus came to UK 'at least 1,300 times'
Coronavirus was brought into the UK on at least 1,300 occasions, a major analysis of the genetics of the virus shows.
The study, by the Covid-19 Genomics UK consortium, quashes the idea that a single "patient zero" started the whole UK outbreak.
The analysis also finds China, where the pandemic started, had a negligible impact on cases in the UK and instead most cases came in from European countries.
The researchers analysed the genetic code of viral samples taken from more than 20,000 people infected with coronavirus in the UK.
We should have shut our borders ASAP as other countries did, and stopped the outbreak at source.
Any Britons abroad at that time could have been returned and then quarantined, these measures weren't rocket science, and yet our government faffed about chasing a herd immunity strategy, and the results are clear for all to see.
Not only do we have the worst, or one of the worst death tolls in Europe, we're also facing a bigger hit to our economy then every other European nation.
Great job Cummings and Johnson.