Fear Mongering COVID-19 Epidemiologist Says He Was Wrong
Jim Satney | PrepForThat
March 26, 2020

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Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson who wrote the Imperial College London coronavirus model which was massively shared on social media, including by the New York Times, is now backing down his death toll claims. Ferguson’s death rate model helped shape our temporary shelter down policies.

Originally, Ferguson said that 2.2 million will perish in the United States as a result of coronavirus. He predicted half a million deaths in the U.K. alone. This was if there was no action taken.

But now, Ferguson says the data was skewed. He says that many more people probably have or have had coronavirus, which means his original results are off.

He now says that hospitals in the U.K. will be fine. He’s predicting 20,000 deaths there, or “far fewer.”