Vallances

How Covid-19 cases are less than HALF of Whitty and Vallance’s doomsday prediction of 50,000

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Britain is recording fewer than half of the Government’s doomsday prediction of 50,000 cases a day by tomorrow, figures show.  Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty, the country’s chief scientific and medical officers, made the bleak forecast last month as they urged Britons to abide by new lockdown curbs amid rising cases. Speaking at the … Read more

Projection versus reality: Experts say Britain could fall well short of Prof Vallance’s warning

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Scientists have questioned whether the UK is likely to see 50,000 new infections a day by next month as projected by the Government’s chief scientific adviser. Sir Patrick Vallance yesterday said he believed the epidemic was doubling every seven days, which would lead to 200 deaths a day by mid-November. The chief scientific adviser stressed that … Read more