Quote of the Day

“The science has been the same since January . . . it didn’t need this week’s predictions by Imperial College scientists to estimate the impact of the government’s complacent approach. Any numerate school student could make the calculation. With a mortality of 1% among 60% of a population of some 66 million people, the UK could expect almost 400,000 deaths. The huge wave of critically ill patients that would result from this strategy would quickly overwhelm the NHS.”

— Scientists have been sounding the alarm on coronavirus for months. Why did Britain fail to act?

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