Does anyone else think Chris Whitty is getting smaller?

[WowLucky]

He obviously lost weight while he was ill, his suits have been too big since then, but, to me, he still seems to be shrinking, almost withered. I hope he's OK, I'd imagine the stress and frustrations he's facing are huge.

No sign of Boris and the two lads today. Only Raab sans scientists.

lockdown fatigue appears to have been a thing, so maybe he's not all wrong

But earlier lockdown doesn’t mean longer lockdown. The peak will be around 3 weeks-ish after whenever lockdown happens and the prevalence will then come down to acceptably low levels for unlocking MORE quickly after an earlier lockdown as the peak would have been lower.

I can’t understand the logic behind not going for an early lockdown (unless it’s to get as much herd immunity as you can...)

Lisette1940 No sign of Boris and the two lads today.

Whitty had gone to pick up some smaller shirts and the Primark queue was longer than he'd hoped it would be.

Boris was picking out things he'd like for Father's Day from Harrods, with so many gifts to select it takes time!

And Vallance was busy writing his resignation letter?

mumratheevergiving 😂🤣🤣🤣

@nellodee

It was so blatantly obvious we should have locked down earlier. Chris Whitty was the one who advised not to. He totally invented the idea of lock down fatigue and used this to advise a later lock down. In addition to this being entirely his own invention, he cannot possibly be as clever as everyone thinks he is if he did not realise that an earlier lock down meant a shorter lock down. Hindsight is not 2020. I was saying this at the end of February. At best, it was an honest mistake. At worst, he kept quiet and allowed politicians to make a choice that cost tens of thousands of lives.

I hold Whitty as responsible for this mess as Johnson. He absolutely minimised this at the point he should have been advising action. Not a fan.

He is dangerous seems unable grasp the country is collapsing.

@nellodee completely agree. There were gushing pieces in the press months ago - three degrees!! - and I said at the time these won’t age well as it was clear we were being steered towards disaster.
Three degrees, one of which is an MBA, the qualification beloved of the bankers that drove us to the 2008 financial crisis, is clearly no signal of one’s ability to analyse complex & fast-moving situations & marshal resources for appropriate response.

The UK’s late response was blamed on ‘poor data in early March’ - the exact same data Germany, South Korea, Vietnam etc used to much better effect. The truth is he, Vallance & Harries were modelling flu & attempting herd immunity. So angry!!

It isn't at all clear how that decision was made. The government are fond of saying that they make the decisions.

His suits were always ill -fitting and too large.

It isn't at all clear how that decision was made. The government are fond of saying that they make the decisions.

Wonder how long it'll be before they change their minds about that! Boris, the classics scholar who uses long obscure words to make us all feel stupid......can't pronounce a simple drug name like dexamethasone. 🤣

Having seen Chris Whitty give lectures at Gresham College a few years ago I agree - terribly fitting suits that swamp him. In fact I think it's the same suit