Chief medical officer for England issued advice after realising incomplete knowledge could be ‘a dangerous thing’Sir Chris Whitty spent early parts of the Covid pandemic trying to “implore” people in government not to publicly discuss health concepts they did not fully understand such as “flattening the curve” of infections and herd immunity, he has said.Giving evidence to the inquiry into Covid, Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, said he did this after realising that incomplete knowledge could be “a dangerous thing”. Continue reading…
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Author : Peter Walker Deputy political editor
Publish date : 2023-11-21 18:44:44
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Chris Whitty implored officials to avoid discussing ‘flattening the curve’ publicly, Covid inquiry told
