The author of an appraisal of prediction models for Covid-19 diagnosis and prognosis published in the British Medical Journal on April 7, 2020 concludes:
“All 31 reviewed prediction models were found to have a high risk of bias, and evidence from independent external validation of these models is currently lacking. However, the urgency of diagnostic and prognostic models to assist in quick and efficient triage of patients in the covid-19 pandemic might encourage clinicians to implement prediction models without sufficient documentation and validation. Although we cannot let perfect be the enemy of good, earlier studies have shown that models were of limited use in the context of a pandemic,69 and they could even cause more harm than good.70 Therefore, we cannot recommend any model for use in practice at this point.“
So, a quarter of a billion people will starve, and at least as many will be pushed close to starvation; global food production and industry will be crippled; and the university “experts” who provided the intellectual heft for this monstrous project are now proved to be bogus propagandists of the science-industrial complex.
This time, we don’t need “show trials” ala 2008, when the small-fry “fried” while the mafia dons walked.
Instead, I suggest a targeted campaign against the major scientific mouthpieces for lock-down, starting with Neil Ferguson. At the very least, his OBE should be rescinded and his faculty position terminated.