Chris Whitty

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Absolute legend

I imagine he'd be good at chess if he played chess

Yes it's so sad that it wasn't pulled earlier.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-65187992.amp

If Dominic Cummings did not realise how bad Boris Johnson was by about 2010 then he was not paying attention or was living in a cave.

I think there is room for the different approach of Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance and their way of giving evidence.

That's a shame @Aishah231 he speaks very highly of you.

Outing, but whatever.. During the pandemic, DS named his 4 stuffed toys Kitty, Pretty, Itty Bitty and Chris Whitty. I still smile every time I tuck DS in with little Chris Whitty.

Trouble is; he seems to have a conveniently short memory too…

“The top medic also insisted that had been no “huge delay” in the response to the pandemic in England”

https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/chris-whitty-defends-advising-ministers-that-it-was-entirely-practical-to-ditch-contact-tracing-in-march

I wonder why Whitty would say there was no planning when one of our disaster planners is adamant there were pandemic plans in place that were just ignored.

Sad story. I'm certainly no anti-vaxer criticising the AZ vaccine. I had the 2 AZ shots and I had a booster (not AZ) a few weeks back. There are certainly questions that should be asked though about the UK government initial pushing of the AZ, (and them bemoaning the lack of Covid cases 'in the wild') and the subsequent change to other vaccines.

Absolute bastard who didn't care about children's mental health and was happy to sell them down the swanny. Should be ashamed of himself.

People seem to be struggling with the idea that he was medical, not political. He didn't decide anything.

Yes!

You clearly have no clue what his role was, and how much of his advice was ignored.
You’d be better doing a little more homework next time to avoid looking terrifically silly again.

🙄 fucks sake

Do you even know who the thread is about, or for that matter what day it is?
If you actually believe what you’ve written, then I suspect the answer is no.

Perfectly true - if you'd spent time with teenagers hoping to go back to school every three weeks and then having their hopes dashed and the accompanying mental health issues you'd think he same. Absolutely no thought as to how lockdown after lockdown might affect teen mental health.

Omg …. Do you realise how stupid you sound 🙄….. he’s not a fucking celebrity ….he’s back doing his day job

No….I really wouldn’t think that …. At all

@londonmummy1966 he wasn't making the decisions though! Save you're ire for the politicians!

Chris Witty and others presented the evidence to the government, what they did with the evidence was where things went a bit awry

Very well said.

@londonmummy1966 just out of curiosity what would you have done differently in this case. I think they were a bit damned If you do...
Our school stayed open because it Dealt with the vulnerable and those with mental health issues as did my sons special Ed schools.

Ruth May. Then she just disappeared from the daily briefings.

A friend of mine works with him, he's an absolutely lovely man.

Jeezo.