Sir Patrick Vallance seems to be the key figure behind the UK policy. The guy was a professor of medicine in the past and who heads the Government Office for Science. Their policy is likely much more driven by modeling then the policy of other countries where the policies are decided by politicians instead of people with that kind of credentials.
To the extend that they have data on that page that’s weeks out of date it’s likely because the page has little to do with their actual decision making processes.
Vallance might still be wrong, but I think it’s wrong to model him as being simply misinformed.
Sir Patrick Vallance seems to be the key figure behind the UK policy. The guy was a professor of medicine in the past and who heads the Government Office for Science. Their policy is likely much more driven by modeling then the policy of other countries where the policies are decided by politicians instead of people with that kind of credentials.
To the extend that they have data on that page that’s weeks out of date it’s likely because the page has little to do with their actual decision making processes.
Vallance might still be wrong, but I think it’s wrong to model him as being simply misinformed.