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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by dirtydroog on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:54PM (#22586675)
Boris just won a massive election landslide victory.
Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by hither2 on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:30PM (#22586944)
I think the comment was alluding to the unpopularity of these figures within the "intelligentsia". This group has been making politicised statements masquerading as authoritative announcements quite often. This group love these interjections and the people that follow them do to. But they have sowed distrust.

The person is making a fair point, but cocking it up a bit.

Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by baq on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:10PM (#22586792)
if his plan for this clusterf* succeeds, he won't win the next one because his voters won't be there.