He said the prime minister had been given scientific advice to impose lockdowns and "pushed that back" - not only in March but again in September and December.
But he said there was no "textbook" for the decisions they had to make and the prime minister and cabinet had taken the "best possible scientific and medical advice".Mr Jenrick challenged an assessment by Imperial College's Prof Neil Ferguson that earlier, stronger action in September could have prevented many of the deaths since then.
Prof Calum Semple, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, told the BBC's Newsnight: "It would really not surprise me if we're looking at another 40-50,000 deaths before this burns out. Senior Tory backbencher Tobias Ellwood said numerous Government policies had contributed to the UK's death toll from coronavirus.
marcuschown Yea but not the fawning press -
Well we are much smaller than a lot of countries with a much bigger population. So a more condensed population means the virus spreads easier. And it doesn't matter what rules the gov put in place. No one is listening.
Yep. Try the disgusting European summer. WTF.
Have to use the scent of money to catch their attention.
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Just wheel out another scientist that suits your point of view. That is blaming individuals that are in the arena ‘doing there best’ using scientists to become famous for 15mins, or have a left wing agenda. Disgusting
Perhaps it would be more honest to say “ carefully selected scientists hand picked by the BBC”. As with most things the BBC report carefully selected to discredit either the Government or Brexit.
Don't you think the 'deaths FOR ANY REASON within 28 days of a positive test' has something do to with the numbers.. Any death is tragic, but having someone die for a reason unrelated to the virus then adding their death to the figures because of a positive test is a disgrace.
Seems to be a common event.
Why doesn't this article show up on the BBC News app? Can't see it in the UK section or the Coronavirus section.
Correct
Which scientists? Prompted by whom? We do not need the blame game BBC so why do you put this out?
perhaps just blame common sense and the willingness to act upon that? That's apparently a worldwide issue... not just UK
Ban all outgoing flights!
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Proper scientists wouldn’t say this. You can’t compare nation with nation. The scientists you mean have bias.
The ignorance of some of the people have to take some responsibility, how many times do you have to tell some people?
BBCScotlandNews What do the MEDICS say?
BorisJohnson please read what the scientists say, just for once, please. They do actually know more than you, I know you can’t believe that but they actually do
StMichael888 Funny not much change on deaths year on year scum media get the facts properly
A legacy of bad press+media information never blaming the right people , a legacy of covid deniers and lockdown protesters doing what they want , not listening to advise given Its time the real culprits are blamed for the deaths of many thousands because of their actions
When you have a clown like Boris leading this country, what do you expect? Of course some of the public will not follow rules and others will be quick to blame the public. But I say you lead by example, and Boris was shaking hands with covid patients like it was a joke!
The prime minister is considering cancelling school holidays this year so children can catch up with the schooling they have missed!
I have to wonder if the had done their job and held the government to account, we might have seen fewer deaths
Name those so called scientists. They probably don't have any credibility, just troublemakers and activists with pretend degrees.
but boris said he diid all he could to save lives 🤮
The majority of the rest of the world shut their doors months ago, we or should I say Boris still can’t make up his mind. I can still see on the television that idiot saying shutting the borders would make no difference to our health as the virus was already here
At least they're saying one of the worst rather than 'the worst' which was never accurate. Yes plenty of poor decisions made by the government and rather a lot made by the people who seemed to enjoy protests and weddings during a pandemic.
Please let doctors and nurses registration continue... we want to help.... I lost my mother due to COVID-19, but I want to save as much as I can. It heart breaking to loose the dearest mother to a preventable new disease. We are as a family suffering too much because of the loss.
In my view, the government were guided by the economy until it became scientifically impossible to do so. Maximal damage to both.
Fake news. Most countries don’t put covid on the death certificate if they died of something else unlike here
BBCPolitics Give it time so statistics in other countries catch up & it will be seen the UK level is just the same as in other countries. Meanwhile, all you people who dont clean your hands when entering AND leaving stores please do so! You are tbe potential 'spreaders' of the virus!🇬🇧'HAND'
Don't forget the public not following instructions played a massive part...
No matter the blame, the facts remain, deaths still the same. Nothing will change.
yeah well its all in hinesight what would any other PM do you cant blame boris it was new Virus nobody could predict how it was going to pan out except maybe the chinese who made it and released it
But how many actually died OF covid & not this within 28 days of a positive test nonsense?
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heartbreaking
Johnson should resign
If you compare all countries and not just convenient for your beliefs few, you will see that there is no correlation between what governments did and the outcomes.
Now separate WITH IT as opposed to Specifically BECAUSE of it, as the ONLY Cause. Now take off the aprox 600,000 that die EVERY YEAR during Winter in UK. Please also EXPLAIN, where Annual Flu & Cancers for instance, HAVE ALL BUT DISAPPEARED? Stats are Def BEING MANIPULATED 😡
Its always what scientists say I'm tired of hearing that pethetic catch phrase screw what scientists say I'm more interested in the acts thanks
BBCPolitics Hindsights a wonderfull thing isn't it!
And lots of people over 75 catching it in hospitals?
BBCLookEast This is just the sort of headline the left wing Tory & Brexit bbclaurak night RobBurl wants. The BBC select the people to be interviewed based on what anti government headline they are lightly to get.
We are all told at an early age that your health is more important than money... Unless you are a politician! Boris time and time again never followed the science and was more worried about the economy and has now delayed economic recovery by years! 😎
BBCLookEast December has a lot to answer for
Shit happens in life and this is a whole load of it . Mistakes will be made and have been made . The real point is will we learn from them and will we be prepared to fund what's is required from our pockets
These decisions were made not in isolation. It would have been easy to close borders if the worry for jobs and the economy did not exist. They were trying to protect people’s financial Lives. Looking back it might not have been the best decision but I can understand the turmoil!
I'm still amazed/disappointed/shocked that we didn't close down our borders to stop incoming/outgoing travel/holidays & allowing Christmas 'relaxation'.Obvious that shutting all our borders would have helped hugely.
Watching from afar and dare I say this: there was much partying , socialising, protests and flaunting of the rules during the summer/Autumn months in the UK. Packed beaches shoulder to shoulder shopping and minimal masking.
They will as with any inquiry 'learn lessons' then ignore them and do it all again . And those enforcing the law will set a good example and get haircuts, while others will drive to test their eyesight. And the infected will get trains..
And yet we are talking about lifting restrictions. Actually they might as well as these restrictions was so poor it probably wouldn't make any difference
I’m not a fan of a lot things Boris has done, however the government has been following ‘the science’. However scientific views have changed throughout the pandemic, from saying that COVID isn’t transmissible to humans, to masks not being effective
we should put scientists in charge.
None of this needed to happen we live on a island as for saying there is no rule book there is kept in the emergencies room of parlament under pandemiic first page close borders !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not helped by the MSM
They are PCR+ tests, not Covid deaths, deaths are at normal levels for the time of year.
No fucking shit
So why weren't the scientists listened to in the first place poordecisions
BBCScotlandNews Better not be Scientists connected to SAGE or those in advisory capacities here because they were part of the flop. February 2020, medics in Spain/Italy were pleading with the UK to close borders but our advisors/CMOs/NHS heads prepared for herd immunity based on flawed data.
Scientists now not taking responsibility for their fraudulant data. Wow.
SAGE Communists putting the boot in again. The government response is shocking but not for failing to close the whole country down in March. This would still be in place now. Presumbaby the same scientists slating T&T while advising MattHancock to publicise his recent T&T alert.
Keep on travelling guyz
No more died in 2020 than many other years in the last 30. In fact many years, with lower population count had higher. Nothing different to any other year apart from incessant, media missinformation and fear porn on behalf of the Government.
Does anyone have the brain cells to challenge these 'statistics' just look at how they classify a covid death, you couldn't have a better chance at manipulating the stats to fit the lockdown narrative, which by the way hasn't slowed the 'death' rate...
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It's the scientists science they were following
The rest of the world looks at this and quietly laughs about BorisJohnson's 'Global Britain'. This country couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
But we were following the scientific advice we were told - who were they then - or did as many of us believe - they ignored it. We need to know
People who still support this shambolic government. Would you still be saying the same if it was Teresa May who had made all these confused and delayed decisions or calling for a resignation?You are being fooled by the image of funny old Boris and this is costing lives. Johnson
So much of this today, yet we only question this as figures went above 100 thousand when many were questioning govt policy way before this awful figure was ever reached.
“Scientists”
Here we go - BBC and Labour claiming they could have prevented deaths whilst saving the economy. How can either organisation ever be trusted when they politicise such things
Did Boris hold 50+ super spreader rallies in two months during a pandemic? No, the title to biggest murderer on the planet goes to Donald Trump.
If only we had prior knowledge the virus was on the way and we all lived on an island....🤔
money for their, in a lot of cases, incompetent pals over the lives of those who may or may not have voted them in... corruption fraud cronyism theydontcareaboutyou gravytrain broken legacyofshame
Scientists always have the answers without the responsibilities.
Isn't it time youse mo-rons get the feck out of Ireland?
Yes anyone with common sense knew it
Barnard Castle anybody?
Flu vaccination has made flu less deadly This and other improvements has created a record number of very frail old people who have been saved from flu but are highly vulnerable to even a harmless infection If Covid had turned up in 1968 there were almost no people for it to kill
We. love the EU/BBC who now detest the UK.
You think ....
Home Secretary and Transport Secretary should resign. Allowing people in willynilly from all over the world without proof they haven't got the virus and/or without stringent quarantine rules is criminal IMO.
Are you incapable of reporting anything positively. As an organisation you are in your death throes and to be honest good riddance
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If only the scientists were consistent and knew what they were doing!!
You mean Boris Johnson.
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