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The UK has the largest pool of public health experts in the world.
That seems particularly unlikely, so would also like to see the source for such a bold claim.
Also, how many of this pool are directly involved with the government’s policy?
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And why aren't all the countries pooling expertise -
That seems particularly unlikely, so would also like to see the source for such a bold claim.
Also, how many of this pool are directly involved with the government’s policy?
Let´s say the bestest and greatest public health experts are in the UK. Why didn´t DK, FR, BE officials, chief medical officers etc ask them what to do? It´s not like people at this level are all gammons is it?
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Phe and the field epidemiology teams within it are well respected internationally.
The lshtm is well respected.
The data scientists in the health sciences are well respected.
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Ma wife is a public health expert specialising in infectious disease control. She isn't working with COVID-19 but her colleagues are and have been cited in this thread. Anyway, here's her opinion on the UK gov's response based on a several recent posts in this thread:
'The UK has the largest pool of public health experts in the world. The decision to delay the closure of schools for example is to balance the benefits of containment whilst the reducing the risk of public complacency because of prolonged or premature containment policies. The disruptions to social and economic normalcy also have significant consequences which are too numerous to list. There is no Tory agenda with our [current UK] method, the government is deferring to experts who have a well thought-out plan. It's up to the government to convey the messages properly, their credibility issues notwithstanding. Finally, herd immunity is real and there are too many people who know don't know anything speculating and spouting off on a subject of which they have no real understanding. And they don't need to understand it anyway. Just follow the fucking advice of experts, we have plenty of them and their only agenda is public well-being. We're [the UK] not being complacent.'