Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
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Coronavirus: 'Earlier lockdown would have halved death toll'
Former government adviser Prof Neil Ferguson was giving evidence to a committee of MPs.
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The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK would have been halved if lockdown had been introduced a week earlier, a former government adviser has said.
Prof Neil Ferguson, whose advice was crucial to the decision to go into lockdown, said the outbreak had been doubling in size every three or four days before measures had been taken.
Conservatism in action. How many Americans has Trump killed ? Shit leaders = shit outcomes