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Originally Posted by MTVN
It was actually, in fact I don't think Boris himself has ever used the term herd immunity but Vallance specifically talked about the need to build it up in February. SAGEs advice was certainly one of the biggest reasons behind how long it took us to lock down - they were still sceptical of implementing a full lockdown well into mid March
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You don't need to say the words "herd immunity" to be promoting it.
Here is his speech in February before it took hold, talking about us being the country brave enough to stay open. There was only ever one way that could happen - herd immunity.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...-says-12029956
Coronavirus: SAGE urged government to lockdown a week earlier, UK's chief scientific adviser says (regarding the initial march LD)
Here he is again, clearly talking about the strategy of herd immunity, without saying the exact phrase.
Dominic Cummings tells committee he heard PM say 'let the bodies pile high' after ordering second lockdown
https://news.sky.com/story/dominic-c...-high-12317584
This is who has been making the decisions, and I saw a James O'Brien clip from earlier today and he made a good point; If Hancock was still in charge, do you think we'd be rushing headlong into doing scrapping all protections in July, in the same as we are under Libertarian Ayn Rand acolyte, Sajid? Because I don't.
Hancock would definitely have a more measured approach to re-opening fully, and this for me, absolutely demonstrates it's about the personal approaches of individuals versus any kind of clear strategy being governed by science.
The government have ignored things for as long as they could get away with it, and there would definitely be more clarity in objectivity if a different party was in office and handled this pandemic making the exact same decisions.
Before we worry about the extreme politics of one member of sage, tories were busy seriously restricting right to protest the other night with their actual authoritarianism, and are pushing through draconian asylum and police laws, and are trying to disenfranchise voters of colour with an voter ID policy that would impress the republicans across the pond.