Wrong COVID
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Updated: 6 Feb 2021
A history of COVID commentators in relation to the pandemic in the UK.
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Karol Sikora claims "It's under control" Sunetra Gupta claims "the epidemic is on it's way out" 1 in 1000 of entire UK population dies of COVID Sunetra Gupta claims infection fatility rate of COVID is less than 1 in 1000 Sunetra Gupta paper "up to 50% UK has herd immunity" Karol Sikora claims "virus is fizzling out" 1 in 10000 of entire UK population dies of COVID Karol Sikora claims "there will be no second wave" Karol Sikora claims "COVID is same lethality as flu" Karol Sikora "the virus will peter out by itself" Micheal Yeadon claims new cases are "false positives" Michael Yeadon claims "the pandemic is effectively over" Carl Heneghan claims "no evidence of second wave" Carl Heneghan claims "we won't see a spike in admissions" Carl Heneghan claims "dead virus" explains increasing PCR test positives Carl Heneghan claims "cases are flatlining" Sunetra Gupta claims "50,000 cases/day by mid-October likely to be wrong" ONS estimate 51,000 cases per day in mid-October Julia Hartley-Brewer claims "there is no evidence we are in a terrible second wave" Michael Levitt claims "no more deaths" as population of Spain is no longer susceptible. Michael Levitt claims "US COVID19 will be done in 4 weeks" Michael Levitt predicts "no more than 10" COVID deaths in Israel Michael Yeadon claims COVID deaths "cannot go higher" than 500 deaths/day UK records 524 COVID deaths in a single day Scott Atlas claims IFR between 0.1-0.2% Boris Johnson claims Britain "will champion freedom of exchange" in face of corona virus Matt Hancock claims "NHS Is Ready" to handle COVID-19 Boris Johnson claims "NHS is well-prepared" for COVID UK enters national lockdown Boris Johnson "NHS in danger of being overwhelmed" Boris Johnson claims we "can turn the tide" in 12 weeks Boris Johnson claims a "return to normality" by Christmas. UK enters second national lockdown Toby Young claims we "shouldn't worry" about uptick in COVID cases Toby Young claims the UK is 'nearing herd immunity' Michael Yeadon claims it's "all driven by false cases" Michael Yeadon claims ITU won't breach capacity Alison Pearson claims "we want young people" to contract COVID-19. Twitter suspends her account Alison Pearson claims NHS should apologise for 'excess deaths' Alison Pearson claims "Christmas with family is a human right" Michael Yeadon's Twitter account deleted Clare Craig deletes all her Tweets from 2020 Uk enters third national lockdown UK govt allows Christmas mixing for most of country Boris Johnson says it would be "inhuman" to cancel Christmas
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