Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius?

Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by knzhou on Monday March 16, 2020 @12:59PM (#22594535)

You could also listen to the Harvard epidemiology department: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/15/epidem...

Or the British Society for Immunology: https://www.immunology.org/news/bsi-open-letter-government-s...

Or the two distinct open letters from UK scientists, which are now hitting 1200 signatures total: http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia/UK_scientists_statement_on... https://sites.google.com/view/covidopenletter/home

If you believe nobody credible opposes the UK government, you've been fed a narrative.

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by dev_north_east on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:53AM (#22605375)

> If you believe nobody credible opposes the UK government, you've been fed a narrative.

That's a complete strawman. You gave a letter signed by a massively padded out list of "academics" (probably intended to scare your average layman) and when pointed out that astronomers and students probably don't have much to offer right now

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by knzhou on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:26PM (#22606593)

Look, do you think the 4 links I posted (which are in turn a small selection of many more) indicate credible opposition or not?

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