UK scientist who warned over virus quits for lockdown

breach

One of the British government’s key scientific advisers has quit

after breaking a nationwide lockdown by receiving secret visits

from his girlfriend

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press

May 6, 2020, 7:16 AM

"LONDON – Britain’s health secretary said Wednesday that national lockdown rules were “for everyone,” after one of the government’s key scientific advisers quit for receiving secret visits from his girlfriend amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Imperial College epidemiologist Neil Ferguson developed models that predicted hundreds of thousands would die unless the U.K. imposed drastic restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. His advice was key in triggering Britain's lockdown in March. Under the rules, people are barred from visiting friends and family that they don’t live with.

Ferguson quit the government’s scientific advisory panel late Tuesday after the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that a woman he is in a relationship with had crossed London to visit him at his home.

Ferguson said in a statement that he had “made an error of judgment and took the wrong course of action.”

“I deeply regret any undermining of the clear messages around the continued need for social distancing to control this devastating epidemic,” he said."

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setup to harrass/fire anyone who does not comply

odd that this scientist was not worried about covid