I have been 100% consistent all the way through.
You are right of course, there wasn’t enough data to lock us all down (and shut the swimming pools for 7 effin’ months…) but they did it anyway.
“There wasn’t enough data” (to make reliable predictions), you can say that again!:
Mid March 2020 : “We could have half a million Covid deaths in the UK”
19 March 2020 : “12 weeks to flatten the curve”.
Late March 2020 : “This virus is indiscriminate”
May 2020 : “Politicians have become more cautious about immunisation prospects. They are right to be”
November 2020 : “Modelling suggests 4,000 deaths per day in the worst case scenario”.
Spring 2021 : “Get double vaccinated to get out of Covid and back to normal” (it actually took a further year).
July 2021 : “Freedom day is irresponsible, we could have 200K cases per day by August”.
11 Dec 2021 : “Omicron could cause 75,000 deaths in England by end of April”
Dec 2021 : “Central estimate” 2890 Omicron deaths a day
15 Dec 2021 : “Omicron likely to be the biggest threat of Covid pandemic so far”.
The last one being the best, absolute comedy gold.
How did Jenny Harries (Head of UK Health Security Agency no less) keep her job after that ?