SAGEs

SAGE’s gloomy Xmas warning | Daily Mail Online

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock today tweeted: ‘All parts of the UK now have doses of the coronavirus vaccine’ Every corner of the UK now has received doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 jab ahead of the start of Britain’s biggest ever vaccination drive tomorrow, Matt Hancock claimed today.  Fifty hospitals are geared up to start administering vaccinations … Read more

SAGE’s gloomy Xmas warning of doubling infections in five days

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SAGE’s Christmas warning: Covid cases could ‘easily DOUBLE’ over a few days if restrictions are eased between December 23 and 27, advisers claim SPI-M-O group warned of massive surges in infections as a result of Christmas This would be because people will mix with those they would not normally see Britons will be able to … Read more

UK is OUT-PACING SAGE’s ‘worst case scenario’ projections of 85,000 Covid-19 deaths in second wave

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Britain’s second coronavirus wave is already on track to surpass the Government’s ‘worst case scenario’ projection of 85,000 deaths, concerning data suggests. In a newly-published leaked paper that was circulated through Downing Street over summer, SAGE – the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies – warned that daily Covid-19 fatalities could rise to as many as … Read more

UK’s coronavirus outbreak was even deadlier than SAGE’s ‘worst-case scenario’

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UK’s coronavirus outbreak was even deadlier than SAGE’s ‘worst-case scenario’ which predicted 50,000 deaths by September and easing lockdown without robust contact tracing scheme will push R above 1, government papers reveal SAGE estimated 50,000 deaths if lockdown compliance was low, in March report But official death toll already at 44,000 and may have passed … Read more