Neil Ferguson - is this Too good to be true?

[LilacTree1]

Resigns after breaking the lockdown?

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/exclusive-government-scientist-neil-ferguson-resigns-breaking/

[LilacTree1]

smile sorry, was that directed at me?

[longwayoff]

This is so transparent you could use it as a window pane. So now lockdown,'s about to be eased on the basis of no evidence whatsoever. Thanks Bozo and mates. Experts? Who needs them when we've got this bunch in power?

[LilacTree1]

longwayofff well it was imposed on the basis of no evidence whatsoever.

[longwayoff]

A pp believes lives are the most important consideration. That is utterly wrong. People are cheap and eminently replaceable. Not so businesses, such as Wetherspoons, Dyson and other supporters of lifting lockdown. Ask Trump. They will always find more people to keep those coffers full and overflowing. May I fetch you another super yacht Philip Green? How about another small private island Mr Branson?

[longwayoff]

Maybe so Lilac but I find the best way to avoid an infectious disease is to remove myself from potential sources of infection. Very effective.

[Derbygerbil]

well it was imposed on the basis of no evidence whatsoever.

No action could possibly have been taken based on a body of hard evidence, lockdown or no lockdown, as Covid-19 was novel. Every country had to approximate, estimate and apply models.

[LilacTree1]

long but you could do that voluntarily.

[TheoneandObi]

More widely though does anyone think the Prof's actions discredit the work of hiis sept and colleagues (bc I'm sure he's not a one man band doing all those big sums)?

[ToffeeYoghurt]

Why would his actions discredit his work?
Just because he ignored his own advice doesn't invalidate that advice. Given it's very basic common sense we don't even need his advice.

[TheoneandObi]

Not on a deep epidemiological level (not expressing that v well!). More the general perception of all the hard work and scolarship put in by his colleagues. In the public imagination it becomes 'oh yeah they're the bunch who work where that arrogant lockdown breaker prof works'.