First we were told it would be just 12 weeks to ‘turn the tide’; then it was that the pandemic would be over by September (2020). But now, amid yet more calls to push back the 21 June reopening date, it appears one scientist is happy for the current restrictions of social distancing to continue ‘forever.’
Professor Susan Michie is a member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and has previously caught Steerpike’s eye as a key pillar of the Communist party of Great Britain who once boasted the nickname ‘Stalin’s granny.’ The former wife of key Corbyn adviser Andrew Murray, Michie has been omnipresent on the nation’s television screens through out the pandemic, continually popping up on Newsnight to preach the virtues of lockdowns and Covid restrictions.
Last night it was the viewers of Channel 5 who were treated to her musings as Michie poured cold water on the notion that vaccines could be the silver bullet to defeat Covid:
Vaccines are a really important part of the pandemic control but it is only one part.
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