https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham...trategy-deaths
Better link is locked behind a FT paywall. The report in question:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imp...16-03-2020.pdf
Not sure if they're relevant to the situation, as in a repeat of the open letter by 'scientists' the other day. Edit: They apparently are, just says they're advising the UK government. So if he was following their advice before and is adapting to continue following it, not sure how a few managed to use it to take a swipe at Boris or the UK. Even in dire times, petty shots here and there, twitter is rife with it.
Quote:
The last time the world responded to a global emerging disease epidemic of the scale of the current COVID-19 pandemic with no access to vaccines was the 1918-19 H1N1 influenza pandemic. In that
pandemic, some communities, notably in the United States (US), responded with a variety of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) - measures intended to reduce transmission by reducing contact
rates in the general population. Examples of the measures adopted during this time included closing schools, churches, bars and other social venues. Cities in which these interventions were implemented early in the epidemic were successful at reducing case numbers while the interventions remained in place and experienced lower mortality overall. However, transmission rebounded once controls were lifted.
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Formatted from the report, so the general idea of the UK Government still applies and the evidence of why is above. Unless every country with cases remain under complete quarantine until the very last country is done with it then it'll simply just pop back up, or downscale that to a national level like above and the same applies. I have absolutely no relevant experience in any of this, but can understand that closing everything doesn't just make it go away. It is those people however that are helping to stir a decent panic on all forms of social media.
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Update: Without the bait title.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...gy-has-changed