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Professor Lockdown Admits Dire Predictions Were ‘Off’, Doubts Future Lockdowns Will Be Needed
Breitbart ^ | 8 Aug 2021 | KURT ZINDULKA

Posted on 08/08/2021 2:18:10 AM PDT by conservative98

‘Professor Lockdown’ Dr Neil Ferguson has admitted that his latest doomsday predictions about a summer wave of the Chinese virus were “off” and has now revised his thinking to predict that the pandemic will largely be over by the Autumn, transforming into a virus that the public will have to “live with”.

Professor Ferguson, an epidemiologist from Imperial College London and advisor to the government during the Chinese coronavirus crisis, predicted on Saturday that the era of lockdowns is likely over in Britain.

“I think it’s going to transition quite quickly in a few months to be more something we live with and manage through vaccination rather than crisis measures,” he told The Times.

“I wouldn’t rule it out altogether, but I think it’s unlikely we will need a new lockdown or even social-distancing measures

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; hoax; lockdowns; neilferguson; socialdistancing

1 posted on 08/08/2021 2:18:10 AM PDT by conservative98
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2 posted on 08/08/2021 2:18:52 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Time to hunker up. Hunker up like never before!


3 posted on 08/08/2021 2:21:57 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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If you haven’t oppressed your fellow blokes yet, you just missed you opportunity. You have just let a great crisis go to waste!


4 posted on 08/08/2021 2:58:05 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (A world in which dogs write poetry is more believable than the world as seen through the Media)
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To: conservative98

Science.


5 posted on 08/08/2021 3:00:00 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: conservative98

The moose out front never told us!


6 posted on 08/08/2021 3:04:47 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ, and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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To: conservative98

Unfortunately, this guy is always wrong…


7 posted on 08/08/2021 3:18:30 AM PDT by BeauBo
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You mean we can only yell and scream and point fingers at each other for a couple more months?

Boring!


8 posted on 08/08/2021 5:39:11 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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The Prof didn’t get the email that explained about the deadly Mine Shaft variant.

Our leaders will make sure there is no Mine Shaft Gap!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzoLCCX-Y


9 posted on 08/08/2021 5:41:00 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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"Unfortunately, this guy is always wrong…"

Yep, I've got buddies in ERs - 2 in Central Florida and one in Memphis - who tell me the ERs have been absolutely overflowing these past couple of days.

Unfortunately one of those buddies is himself a COVID patient, and he's going through absolute Hell.

10 posted on 08/08/2021 5:41:49 AM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: conservative98

Her fans, what’s left of them, should buy her a diamond necklace to show their appreciation. Yep, an expensive diamond choker.


11 posted on 08/08/2021 6:55:12 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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So COVID on the rise, delta variant on the rise but we don’t have to do social distancing anymore just mask or vaccinate?


12 posted on 08/08/2021 7:14:56 AM PDT by Engedi
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To: The Duke

Sorry to hear that. Obesity is highest problem on the list teaming up with diabetes among risk factors.

The U.K. Is mostly through it, the US is following that cycle.


13 posted on 08/08/2021 7:20:16 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: conservative98
Covid remains the Communists best leverage for power and control.

They will not let go lightly.

Watch the teachers unions in the coming weeks.

Until they are defeated, this will continue.

14 posted on 08/08/2021 7:21:50 AM PDT by G Larry (Those destroying the Constitution must demonize those who would defend it.)
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15 posted on 08/08/2021 7:24:01 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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So, this lying sack of shite admitted that he might be wrong? Wow. And, somebody thought that might be worth talking about.

Breitbart. Shame on you.

Ignore this jerk. He was not wrong. He lied. And then, compounded the lie by promulgating it.
Sounds like global warming crappola. Similar playbook.


16 posted on 08/08/2021 8:16:12 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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Won’t be needed but will be imposed & with no Consequence’s for the govt.assholes invo!ved¡!


17 posted on 08/08/2021 8:39:51 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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My body and his wife were in very good health with no comorbidities. They do believe they waited too long to seek medical attention.


18 posted on 08/08/2021 5:31:00 PM PDT by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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