Science and policy in extremis what can we learn from the UK’s initial response to COVID-19?
Birch, J.
(16 December 2020)
Science and policy in extremis what can we learn from the UK’s initial response to COVID-19?
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
(16 December 2020)
Science and policy in extremis what can we learn from the UK’s initial response to COVID-19?
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
SAGE uses a set of assumptions called the ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ in its pandemic planning. Jonathan Birch (LSE) looks at the group’s minutes and documents from early 2020 and argues that over-reliance on these assumptions led to costly delays.