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Re:London put in emergency lockdown as U.K. fights new strain by Veen on Saturday December 19, 2020 @04:42PM (#25481489)
> One staff member with covid will rapidly infect a few 1000 people given how busy they are on a Saturday morning

That is an enormous over-exaggeration. It's a virus, not a magic spell. Plus, employees are not required to wear masks, but customers are.

> Time and again we see them decline scientific advice

Which scientific advice have they declined? So far as I can see, Boris is entirely under the influence of SAGE and does nothing without "scientific advice".

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Re:London put in emergency lockdown as U.K. fights new strain by LatteLazy on Saturday December 19, 2020 @05:03PM (#25481666)
>employees are not required to wear masks

That's exactly my point.

He ignored calls for a September "circuit breaker", then had to panic in October.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/world/boris-johnson-ignor...

This article lists a host of other times scientists have been ignored then proven right:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-government-boris-johnson-...

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