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They actually said that? That's some next level fuck-it-I-don-t-want-to-be-in-charge-anymore attitude. Wow. Where's Churchill when you need him? Edit: yes, he

• sgt101 7y ago
  I can't understand your reading of what is being said. Here is the quote : 'In another interview with the BBC, Sir Patrick said: “If you suppress something very, very hard, when you release those measures it bounces back and it bounces back at the wrong time.” He added: “Our aim is to try to reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not suppress it completely; also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease and we reduce the transmission, at the same time we protect those who are most vulnerable to it.”'
• vidarh 7y ago
  Churchill was very much in favour of making callous tradeoffs if he believed it had long term benefits, e.g. the Bengal famine. Churchill incidentally happens to be one of Boris Johnsons great heroes.
• pnako 7y ago
  Churchill is not exactly a good example of solid decision making.