Neil Ferguson is only human, and resigned in early 2020...
Besides, a lot of the scientists involved in the decision making resigned. The one advising our govt needed police protection for months, because of serious death threats. He moved to a safe house with his family for a while. The threats came from survivalist gun nuts.
A lot of scientists didn't see the anti-vax movement coming. Not so hard to understand since scientists tend to be logical people.
The different estimates were 25 to 50% off. Not so bad if the situation is taken into account. They were asked to go from a worst case scenario.
And who knows what would have happened without vaccination. Over here, it wasn't compulsory and we reached 98% fairly fast. There never was the level of resistance here, compared to the US.
I've discussed this with several specialists in the field. They all have questions, but not about the vaccines. Even if a few of them haven't been vaccinated. At least one didn't get the vaccine cause it would mean he wouldn't get asked to work for the govt. It would have put his current research at risk and that means a lot more to him than the risk of dying from covid. A few others (retired) didn't get it for health reasons.
Besides, a lot of the scientists involved in the decision making resigned. The one advising our govt needed police protection for months, because of serious death threats. He moved to a safe house with his family for a while. The threats came from survivalist gun nuts.
A lot of scientists didn't see the anti-vax movement coming. Not so hard to understand since scientists tend to be logical people.
The different estimates were 25 to 50% off. Not so bad if the situation is taken into account. They were asked to go from a worst case scenario.
And who knows what would have happened without vaccination. Over here, it wasn't compulsory and we reached 98% fairly fast. There never was the level of resistance here, compared to the US.
I've discussed this with several specialists in the field. They all have questions, but not about the vaccines. Even if a few of them haven't been vaccinated. At least one didn't get the vaccine cause it would mean he wouldn't get asked to work for the govt. It would have put his current research at risk and that means a lot more to him than the risk of dying from covid. A few others (retired) didn't get it for health reasons.