SAGE Stands Down, Signifying ‘End of COVID Pandemic’ in the UK
March 5th, 2022Via: Telegraph:
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has been stood down in a clear sign that the Government believes the Covid crisis is over.
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Behind the scenes, The Telegraph understands ministers have become increasingly frustrated with pessimistic predictions from Sage and are concerned the group does not fully take into account the damage to the economy, mental health and education from lockdown.
Earlier this week, Prof Graham Medley, the chairman of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M), a sub-group of Sage, warned that modelling cannot “accurately predict the numbers” and said predicting which of the scenarios would happen was just ‘guesswork’.
