*'Professor Lockdown' Ferguson, UK's Covid-19 czar, admits crippling restrictions MADE NO DIFFERENCE – where’s the outrage?* 3 Jun, 2020 16:45 / Updated 1 day ago Get short URL <https://on.rt.com/ailf> [image: 'Professor Lockdown' Ferguson, UK's Covid-19 czar, admits crippling restrictions MADE NO DIFFERENCE – where’s the outrage?] Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson speaks at a news conference in London, Britain. January 22, 2020. Still image taken from video © Reuters T
- https://www.rt.com/op-ed/490659-ferguson-undermined-uk-lockdown/ *By Jason O’Toole <https://twitter.com/jasonotoolereal>, who has worked as a senior feature writer for the Irish Daily Mail, a columnist with the Irish Sunday Mirror and senior editor of Hot Press magazine. He’s also the author of several best-selling books.* The British scientist known as Professor Lockdown has undermined the draconian policy he unleashed on the world by confessing that Britain hasn’t fared any better in tackling the disease than the laid-back Scandis. Professor Neil Ferguson probably woke up this morning breathing a massive sigh of relief because he hadn’t been ripped to shreds again in the British newspapers for this second time in just under a month – this time over his startling admission that there has been no significant difference in the levels of Covid-19 suppression when comparing the UK and Sweden. During his evidence <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/prof-lockdown-neil-ferguson-admits-sweden-used-science-uk-has/> to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday, he said: *“They [Swedish scientists] came to a different policy conclusion based really on quite similar science. I don’t agree with it but scientifically they’re not far from scientists in any part of the world.”* He then acknowledged that the Swedish authorities had *“got a long way to the same effect”* without a full lockdown. In other words, in the type of roundabout waffling way you’d expect from a bumbling boffin, the scientist – dubbed ‘Professor Lockdown’ after he cajoled Boris Johnson into bringing the British economy to a screeching halt – reckons Sweden has essentially coped very well without being forced into any draconian lockdown, thank you very much. So where was the indignation about how his recommendations f**ked up the economy and made people prisoners in their own homes? It certainly wasn’t to be seen splashed across any British front pages. Indeed, it was hard enough to find much, if any, coverage of this very significant news story on Wednesday. READ MORE [image: Is public opinion on Covid-19 being shaped by facts – or ‘terrorized’ by propaganda?]Is public opinion on Covid-19 being shaped by facts – or ‘terrorized’ by propaganda? <https://www.rt.com/op-ed/490110-covid19-propaganda-uk-public-opinion/> It was buried inside the Daily Telegraph on page seven, running across a third of a page or less, with a very accurate subheading stating <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/02/prof-lockdown-neil-ferguson-admits-sweden-used-science-uk-has/> in clear black and white: *“Professor admits radical Scandinavian policy worked as well as British policy of shutting down.” * *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W8vtibVhFHUR1SOcPANQHZ72%2B5PNqS0T01dC%2BfhEk%2BMqg%40mail.gmail.com.
