Imperial College forecaster provides an update

Nigel Tufnel 8474 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 2:30 pm on Mar 26, 2020

He originally predicted up to 500K dead in the UK. Now he says he's looking at 20K or less. His study was used extensively by nations as they prepared their response, including our own.

Whoops, sorry I just fucked the global economy. Never mind.

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Imperial College forecaster provides an update Nigel Tufnel 2:30pm · 3/26/20
- Dr Brix explained this in presser today & is reason that low impact areas may be taken off restricit BaronVonZemo 7:51pm · 3/26/20
- Any chance he graduated from the University of East Anglia?NT iairishcheeks 3:56pm · 3/26/20
- See my link in the thread below ND_in_DRO 3:55pm · 3/26/20
  - Ah yes, the 'experts'. What would we do without them?NT Nigel Tufnel 4:23pm · 3/26/20
  - Science by consensus again? iairishcheeks 3:59pm · 3/26/20
    - "swallowed capsules containing scabs from pellagra rashes" Rooney 4:59pm · 3/26/20
      - Thinking of throwing a Goldberg filth party? TakethetrainKnute 9:26am · 3/27/20
    - Great read. I recently read an article about Semmelweis. (Seriously, what are the odds of that?) NedoftheHill 4:25pm · 3/26/20
      - You'll probably also like this quote. iairishcheeks 4:35pm · 3/26/20
        
        Good stuff.NT NedoftheHill 6:56pm · 3/26/20
    - This is a fast-moving situation cheeks ND_in_DRO 4:13pm · 3/26/20
      - Of course.Link iairishcheeks 4:24pm · 3/26/20
        
        And the time for that discussion is when new cases per day are going down, not upNT ND_in_DRO 7:56pm · 3/26/20
        
        Agree in principle. iairishcheeks 3:04am · 3/27/20
        
        Bingo.NT BaronVonZemo 7:52pm · 3/26/20
- "I knew I shoulda made that left turn at Albuquerque."NT jakers 3:24pm · 3/26/20

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