I first came across Prof Gupta as an invited speaker to one of the Royal College of Pathologist seminars, now viewable on-line at
*Prof Gupta is at Oxford, not Imperial College as the RCPath intro slide incorrectly shows. We all know about the Imperial College modellers.
I thought she was talking sense at the time and that impression has not changed since. I notice that she has been very active recently in the media and I happened to pick up this interview via Faceache:
The Spectator interview
I've pulled this one out from many videos because it answers the question as to what an incompetent Prime Minister says when presented with someone who is telling him that he has done everything wrong. It's near the end so I've clipped out my favourite eight seconds:
The Spectator interview
I've pulled this one out from many videos because it answers the question as to what an incompetent Prime Minister says when presented with someone who is telling him that he has done everything wrong. It's near the end so I've clipped out my favourite eight seconds:
Clearly there is no way, ever, that any government is going to say that they have screwed everything up about this pandemic. Completely.
Especially if they have. And honesty is not exactly a hallmark of Boris Johnson.
Peter
NB A more competent government in power would probably have done the all wrong things too, but much more effectively. That's a scary thought. I am seriously conflicted about this.
