It’s easier for Boris politically to cancel Christmas after Parliament has broken up for the holidays. Plus of course it looks like he tried.

I’m now waiting to see how virulent this new virus is, when of course it would usually be less virulent.

A couple of things came to mind earlier.

Where’s the shielding program if this is dangerous?

I can’t remember the other. It might’ve been how can they know it’s spreading (up to) 70% faster but I think it was again something more like if they’re saying x then why aren’t they saying/doing y.

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The whole thing is a nightmare and sad for many people as well but I tell you - being the Prime Minister must be tough right now - as another poster said - his face shows the strain.
On top of that to be on the frontline in a hospital right now must be bloody awful as well.
It is a tough world right now.
Keep safe and well everyone.

In what way did Ferguson ‘fail’?

Apart from in keeping his syringe in his trousers.

Ah, you are a Telegraph reader.

Ferguson's research has raised questions by virologist Hendrik Streeck. Ferguson is the corresponding author for a paper titled "Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand", which describes itself as having "informed policymaking in the UK and other countries in recent weeks".[55] Streeck stated in reference to the paper "In the – really good – model studies by the Imperial College about the progress of the epidemic, the authors assume, for example, that 50 percent of households in which there is a case do not comply with the voluntary quarantine. Where does such an assumption come from? I think we should establish more facts."[56] The computer models which Ferguson authored were initially criticised as "unreliable" and "a buggy mess,"[57][58] but subsequent efforts to reproduce the results were successful.[59]

Someone remotely competent would be nice.

Covid passports in the pipeline

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