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The UK government announced the policy in a press conference with the Prime Minister and the chief scientific advisor. Here is an interesting follow up intervi
by papaf 7y ago
The UK government announced the policy in a press conference with the Prime Minister and the chief scientific advisor.
Here is an interesting follow up interview with the chief scientific advisor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRc389TvG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRc389TvG8
My personal opinion, after watching the interview, is that the UK government is not doing anything that radical. They will follow the reactions of other countries but want to time the reaction so that it is most effective.
- DanBC 7y agoSure, but this twitter post gets shared a lot. https://twitter.com/robfordmancs/status/1238882933508919299?s=20 https://twitter.com/robfordmancs/status/1238882933508919299?... https://twitter.com/robfordmancs/status/1238816293463228423?s=20 https://twitter.com/robfordmancs/status/1238816293463228423?... "An awful lot of people with no background in epidemiology or health, and no access to the government’s policy making process, seem to be pronouncing with very high levels of certainty about what is being done and why. It is not obvious to me how this is helpful"
- alkonaut 7y agoThey didn't word it like the OP. The OP got that from the Twitter account extrapolating the contents of the press conference. The press conference mentions herd immunity but it didn't (like the twitter thread) state that keeping schools open was to ensure young people get infected.