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> hundreds of academics already signed on So I should listen to a bunch of students, astronomers and others over the Chief scientific officer and health scien

• knzhou 7y ago
  You could also listen to the Harvard epidemiology department: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/15/epidemiologist-britain-herd-immunity-coronavirus-covid-19 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/15/epidem... Or the British Society for Immunology: https://www.immunology.org/news/bsi-open-letter-government-sars-cov-2-outbreak-response https://www.immunology.org/news/bsi-open-letter-government-s... Or the two distinct open letters from UK scientists, which are now hitting 1200 signatures total: http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia/UK_scientists_statement_on_coronavirus_measures.pdf http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia/UK_scientists_statement_on... https://sites.google.com/view/covidopenletter/home https://sites.google.com/view/covidopenletter/home If you believe nobody credible opposes the UK government, you've been fed a narrative.
  • dev_north_east 7y ago
    > If you believe nobody credible opposes the UK government, you've been fed a narrative. That's a complete strawman. You gave a letter signed by a massively padded out list of "academics" (probably intended to scare your average layman) and when pointed out that astronomers and students probably don't have much to offer right now
    • knzhou 7y ago
      Look, do you think the 4 links I posted (which are in turn a small selection of many more) indicate credible opposition or not?