Extraordinary admsn by Whitty that shld hv headlined on @BBCNews and in all major papers. The lockdown unnecessary to reduce the peak-the sole original justification.
This was first argued by this Bristol study,applying the av time from infection to death: https://t.co/zMLJR6F00N pic.twitter.com/0jMaI8PyZN

— Francis Hoar (@Francis_Hoar) July 22, 2020