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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Didn't Whitty advise AGAINST an early lockdown?
If that was the scientific advice, then you cannot correctly blame the government for getting it wrong. Whitty said:
"...if we go too early, people will understandably get fatigued and it will be difficult to sustain this over time".
Wasn't it the World Health Organisation that was advising against closing the borders because "evidence shows that restricting the movement of people and goods during public health emergencies is ineffective in most situations and may divert resources from other interventions"?
The government had a lot to weigh up in those early days and was receiving conflicting advice due to the many unknowns, not to mention fears for the economy. Blaming the government for anything that went wrong is a cheap shot.
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Absolute nonsense Old Boy, anything to deflect from the idea the Government made mistakes. One year on, same old OB.
What Whitty’s public statements on early/later lockdown were made are irrelevant. He’s not going to go out and publicly say something against Government policy. By that point the decisions have been made and lines agreed, unless he fancies resigning.
Pointing to discredited WHO advice is a red herring and by mid-March many other countries were going against it.