Yesterday, two committees of the House of Commons (the Health and Social Care Committee, and the Science and Technology Committee) published a long report titled ‘Coronavirus: lessons learned to date’. The report draws on evidence from over 50 witnesses, as well as 400 written submissions, and its conclusions were “agreed unanimously” by the members of both committees. Although the report deals with various aspects of the UK’s response to the pandemic, I will focus here on its discussion of lockdown, which I found to be woefully inadequate.
Excellent. There have been some weird takes. Like the “Female leaders are doing better at controlling Covid” and referencing NZ, Finland, Iceland, and a couple others I don’t recall. (Maybe Germany’s Mutti, but if so that’s been well and truly demolished).
That was always crazy, but so many crazy things. Yet one of the really *Not Crazy* things, like the GBD, are ignored or smeared.
Really! [Smack’s forehead]
Noah: you write well, clearly and cogently. I love it!
Excellent. There have been some weird takes. Like the “Female leaders are doing better at controlling Covid” and referencing NZ, Finland, Iceland, and a couple others I don’t recall. (Maybe Germany’s Mutti, but if so that’s been well and truly demolished).
That was always crazy, but so many crazy things. Yet one of the really *Not Crazy* things, like the GBD, are ignored or smeared.
Really! [Smack’s forehead]
Noah: you write well, clearly and cogently. I love it!