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PROFESSOR ALAN SMITHERS | Daily Mail Online

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Over the weekend, amid all the sniping and political score settling between the teachers’ unions and the Government over how and when to open schools, a shamefully neglected issue burst into the open. It was nothing less than the future of this country’s children – something which I regret to say is now hanging by … Read more

Coronavirus modelling by Professor Neil Ferguson is branded a mess by experts

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Professor Lockdown’s modelling which predicted 500,000 would die from Covid-19 and inspired Government’s ‘Stay Home’ plan is a ‘mess which would get you fired in private industry’ say data experts Professor Neil Ferguson’s Imperial College London coding branded ‘unreliable’ University of Edinburgh scientists ran the same model and had different results  Prof Ferguson left the … Read more

Calls to re-examine virus research after Professor Lockdown quit over trysts with his married lover 

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The science behind the Government’s lockdown strategy was called into question last night after the expert at the centre of a pivotal study quit in disgrace.  Professor Neil Ferguson – who led the team that helped to convince ministers to introduce strict rules on social distancing – breached them himself by meeting his married lover.  … Read more

Elon Musk leads US anger at ‘hypocritical’ ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson

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Elon Musk leads US anger at ‘hypocritical’ British ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson’ over his rule-breaking trysts after issuing report that predicted 2m deaths in America Prof Neil Ferguson forecast grim coronavirus death tolls in the UK and US  His apocalyptic worst-case scenarios spooked governments into lockdown Musk branded the scientist a ‘tool’, a ‘moron’ and rubbished his … Read more

We’ll never know the true COVID-19 care home death toll, says Care England’s Professor Martin Green

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The true scale of the coronavirus crisis ‘burning through’ care homes may never be known, according to one of the industry’s most senior figures. Professor Martin Green, the head of Care England, condemned the Government’s pandemic strategy and said the sector could still be months from a peak in cases. In a scathing attack, he … Read more

Professor answers question about why jeans can’t stop a fart, but a mask can prevent coronavirus 

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It started as a joke, but the question ‘if a fart can make it through jeans, how can a cloth mask save you from coronavirus’ has turned into a chemistry lesson. Trevor Makal, a professor at the University of Virginia, took to Twitter to share his take on the question – and it all comes … Read more

Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty becomes artists’ muse

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England’s Chief Medical Officer has become an artist’s muse after people took to sculpting and drawing him and posting their masterpieces online. Professor Chris Whitty has been a household name ever since the coronavirus outbreak took its hold on Britain last month. Appearing almost daily at the Government’s Downing Street press conferences, his ‘calm and … Read more

Professor RUSSELL VINER says it’s ‘incredibly unlikely’ there’s a new Covid-19 strain targeting kids

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It’s a mystery… but let’s not panic just yet: Emergence of a new strain of coronavirus that targets children is ‘incredibly unlikely’, writes Professor RUSSELL VINER By Professor Russell Viner For The Daily Mail Published: 22:13 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 28 April 2020 The first thing I want to stress about … Read more

College student is shocked that her professor can read her ‘private’ conversations on Zoom

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An American college student was horrified to learn — too late — that her professor can read all of the ‘private’ messages she sends on Zoom. The young woman, Faith, has been trading casual messages — with some profanity — with other students, thinking that that the words were kept between them. But when she … Read more