He's out of his depth. It's not a time for a softly-softly approach.
The government says it's being science led by SAGE, the CMO and CSO.
What qualifications do you have that outweighs a whole team of scientists, many of whom specialise in epidemics?
Well, to prevent the usual forum- style pile on, I'll start by saying it's just my opinion. I'm not a scientist, or political commentator, or analyst or any other job that could be informing government opinion, it's just my opinion. The post alluded to asking for my opinion and I put it out there.
But then this is the same government that told us we didn't need to listen to expert opinion a few months back. And you can advise someone 'til you're blue in the face but they don't have to take your advice. Again, just my opinion, not SAGE, the CMO's or any other professionals... but the clarity was missing from last nights announcement, hence last nights and todays arguments on the forum. It needed a firm, black-and-white spelling out of who should be going to work and who should be stopping at home, with supporting info on government websites to make it crystal clear.