Best bits: Chris Whitty throws Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson under the bus at Covid Inquiry

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2023
  • Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty was in front of the Covid Inquiry on Tuesday and Wednesday in a bumper cross-examination, where he lifts the lid on the cluelessness that took over British government during the pandemic.
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  • @BlastastiC
    @BlastastiC 6 місяців тому +199

    "This was a serious error that I made" - something you will never hear any politician say

    • @billyb6043
      @billyb6043 6 місяців тому +8

      Yep....integrity is in very short supply amongst MPs and ministers

    • @nigellee9824
      @nigellee9824 6 місяців тому

      That’s the point, even the experts hadn’t a clue what to do, they had no experience of anything like this in their professional lives, and most was over reaction and alarmingly wrong, and the government is more than politicians..Chris whitty was incredibly wishy washy, without any gravitas or imagination

    • @realitycheck4086
      @realitycheck4086 6 місяців тому

      If we make a serious error we pay heavily for it - will Whitless pay? Admitting to a crime does not make you less guilty. No excuses.

    • @chiselcheswick5673
      @chiselcheswick5673 5 місяців тому

      So what would you prefer... Nobody put themselves forward to try and do the right thing in case they get it wrong?? It was a far more complex issue than any of us could ever hope to imagine. Typical of some of the public.... Blame the government for doing nothing... Then blame the government for doing something they don't agree with.

  • @helenamcginty4920
    @helenamcginty4920 6 місяців тому +272

    It is actually so refreshing to see professionals discussing a topic without any showboating.
    Naming noone called Boris.

    • @prideofdurham4776
      @prideofdurham4776 6 місяців тому +6

      No-one called Bozo gave him a knighthood.Will Twatty return it? Do me a favour!

    • @Lynnefromlyn
      @Lynnefromlyn 6 місяців тому +11

      @@prideofdurham4776Tory boy fan…back under the bridge.

    • @The_First_Sean
      @The_First_Sean 6 місяців тому

      @@Lynnefromlyntaking a bath under a waterfall of shit again, aren’t we Britannia?

    • @johngee4306
      @johngee4306 6 місяців тому +3

      They’re were all in on it

    • @ragdollkid1338
      @ragdollkid1338 6 місяців тому +5

      So refreshing to gear a scientist talk. Honest about where he felt he could have done better, knowledgeable and reflective, clear about how policy was being set

  • @vomgrady
    @vomgrady 6 місяців тому +198

    Maybe if Whiity passed on the information with children's songs and sock puppets he could have got his point across to the "Government"

    • @markunger1098
      @markunger1098 6 місяців тому +19

      Still too difficult for Boris to understand! He’s denser than cement!

    • @vomgrady
      @vomgrady 6 місяців тому +5

      @@markunger1098 You are totally right.

    • @xwize
      @xwize 6 місяців тому +10

      I'm sure he can talk at length about ancient greece which is all you need to pass yourself off as intelligent in certain elite circles.
      God what happened to Britain, even our posh lot are thicker than jam.

    • @neilthompson8668
      @neilthompson8668 6 місяців тому +3

      Whity should have explain it in Latin, then BJ may have taken him seriously

    • @jak6326
      @jak6326 6 місяців тому +4

      I wonder if they considered flashcards?

  • @morzee94
    @morzee94 6 місяців тому +218

    I respect that he’s open and honest about his own mistakes and failings. No doubt he was doing his best at the time but now it’s about learning from the mistakes for the future. It’s a shame the politicians are completely incapable of admitting mistakes.

    • @illegalsmirf
      @illegalsmirf 6 місяців тому

      Is he f*k

    • @SamHarrisonMusic
      @SamHarrisonMusic 6 місяців тому +18

      There is something hugely refreshing in someone taking responsibility for their actions in 2023…

    • @xwize
      @xwize 6 місяців тому +26

      he's a scientist, its impossible to become one without a sufficient level of humility

    • @street-level
      @street-level 6 місяців тому +4

      @@xwize and honesty. You cannot lie to real things, only to people.

    • @marksykes5434
      @marksykes5434 6 місяців тому +1

      You mean the tory politicians don’t you ?

  • @annepoitrineau5650
    @annepoitrineau5650 6 місяців тому +61

    he is capable of reflecting on past actions and assessing his mistakes in order to not repeat them. This is an example to the nation. All kids should watch.

    • @InnuendoXP
      @InnuendoXP 6 місяців тому +3

      @@VirtuaDrummer how would his resignation have helped? By making a statement? The British press would've swept that under the rug with barely a peep & the majority would hardly notice. By remaining in post he could at least try to have some positive influence by persisting in trying to get something through those thick toff skulls to stop public policy being as bad as it might've otherwise been, there's no guarantee that his replacement would be any better.

    • @kille7543
      @kille7543 6 місяців тому

      Next time: “This is a new situation”

    • @jaydenmasters2888
      @jaydenmasters2888 6 місяців тому +1

      🤔 more like a criminal on trial thats had a lot of time to prepare his narrative.

    • @realitycheck4086
      @realitycheck4086 6 місяців тому

      Admitting to crime does not make you less guilty. Whitless' actions led to people dying. Whitless' manipulative reflections will not bring my relatives back to life.

  • @KenPassey-hd2mc
    @KenPassey-hd2mc 6 місяців тому +35

    It all proves Johnson did not have the skill sets to handle a Pandemic. The only skill set he has/had was to throw millions to his.chums and hope the problem would go away😢😢😢

  • @dazzwsmith
    @dazzwsmith 6 місяців тому +96

    Must be hard being the smartest man in the room. Standing next to Boris must have been crippling.

    • @ragdollkid1338
      @ragdollkid1338 6 місяців тому +19

      That would be cowardly to walk away at the time when the country was in crisis.
      He stayed to do his best to steer the correct direction. I doubt anyone could have done any better with Boris and the number 10 team

    • @jimbowers8278
      @jimbowers8278 6 місяців тому +2

      @@ragdollkid1338 That back room photo of him leaning forward with fist clenched while Johnson, Cummings and Hancock look on with "wtf?" faces painted a picture.

    • @InnuendoXP
      @InnuendoXP 6 місяців тому +6

      @@VirtuaDrummer How would his resignation been a benefit? You know the media would've swept that under the rug with as little fanfare as they possibly could. In post he could potentially at least try to have some positive influence & get something through the thick toff skulls.

    • @user-rx5vo3nt4z
      @user-rx5vo3nt4z 6 місяців тому +1

      Whitty and Vallance did not even challenge Johnson’s appalling statement that he shook hands with virus sufferers - they merely both responded to it by by chorusing ‘wash your hands.’ When the public were being informed as to the latest developments in daily press conferences surely they had a duty to interrupt the person recently referred to as a ‘certified halfwit’ with a swift rebuttal.

    • @janwilson3898
      @janwilson3898 6 місяців тому +1

      Gota say he did look uncomfortable every night on t.v, like he didnt want to be there

  • @JuliaF60
    @JuliaF60 6 місяців тому +18

    Thank you for your service Prof Chris Whitty - and the Covid enquiry. It seems those in the Front Bench who are culpable should be prosecuted but instead remain self serving and change the law to suit themselves.

  • @proskipper1
    @proskipper1 6 місяців тому +113

    Getting all the big calls right and following the science - Bollocks!

    • @VultureUKmusic
      @VultureUKmusic 6 місяців тому +11

      Nah just the money

    • @DeniseWilliams-jr5xo
      @DeniseWilliams-jr5xo 6 місяців тому

      I'm afraid the Tories really don't care about the ordinary people and are only concerned about the rich. They didn't give a toss about us and hoped we'd all die. They're still the same now Sunak is no better than Johnson and Truss. However Blowjob took no notice of the science and claimed the credit for the vaccinations when in reality it was the NHS who gave the vaccinations not Blowjob and his rotten crew. They never got anything right. They were far too slow to lock down, failed to close our borders and the apps weren't fit for purpose.

    • @VmanVaults
      @VmanVaults 6 місяців тому +19

      I was screaming this from the rooftops, but the idiots around me were lapping up all the shite the government were spouting.
      Getting the big calls right?!? Bollox indeed.

  • @meganm1074
    @meganm1074 6 місяців тому +8

    Australian here. It’s strange to me that everyone at the uk inquiry seems to agree on dismissing border closure as a possible tool, to stop or slow down the virus spread.
    In Australia & New Zealand border closures were very effective for a long time to stop, & then slow down, the spread. It gave time to prepare hospitals & health systems, & also meant we had vaccines by the time borders opened, so deaths were vastly reduced compared to other places.

    • @mikesanders8621
      @mikesanders8621 5 місяців тому

      Thankyou for being an Australian who said the words New Zealand without following them with an insult.

  • @Melsharpe95
    @Melsharpe95 6 місяців тому +8

    PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO JAIL.
    No excuses.

  • @TomFegredo
    @TomFegredo 6 місяців тому +9

    He's not throwing anyone under the bus, they did it to themselves.

  • @abhogal11
    @abhogal11 6 місяців тому +163

    Pointless enquiry, no one will be held to account!

    • @1inchPunchBowl
      @1inchPunchBowl 6 місяців тому +37

      Come the General Election they will be I hope.

    • @vomgrady
      @vomgrady 6 місяців тому +55

      @burger408 please press the edit button to make your comment coherent

    • @Thor110
      @Thor110 6 місяців тому +7

      What about holding the people to account for their idiocy? Since I started double checking the math I realized the general public is far too stupid to comprehend the fact that money doesn't exist...

    • @comrade171
      @comrade171 6 місяців тому +13

      True but at least the lunatics cant keep pretending "We got all the big call right" kind of shit, having the truth out in the open is beneficial

    • @Rosskles
      @Rosskles 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Thor110 What?! The general public weren't making the rules and giving out advice.
      Also, currencies have existed for all of recorded history, whether it be coinage or goods. The oldest ever recording of human writing is a bill.

  • @scrumtious1
    @scrumtious1 6 місяців тому +90

    Refreshing to hear a scientist. The scientific method is to acknowledge and learn from mistakes. We would be so much better off if politicians could do the same.

    • @nigellee9824
      @nigellee9824 6 місяців тому +1

      Politicians were taking advice from people who didn’t have the knowledge in the first place..

    • @annieclark5798
      @annieclark5798 6 місяців тому

      Sage were not scientific it was full of nudge behavioral social science and the epidemiologist. All sadly left wing activists Susan mitchie and the idiot Neil Fergusion who historically has never ever got any previous of models re.otely correct.
      Look at data of numbers rarely difference to normal corona( cold). Year. Lockdown exacerbated condition. It a white wash nobsence inquiry.

    • @FredPerps
      @FredPerps 6 місяців тому

      This is genocide, wake up!!

  • @MrLaking123
    @MrLaking123 6 місяців тому +33

    all this is well but will the government who did this will be held accountable and banged up in prison

    • @street-level
      @street-level 6 місяців тому +3

      No.

    • @lyseight1l991
      @lyseight1l991 6 місяців тому

      Pleased that Johnson's attempt to minimise its impact didn't pay off. Imagine, if he was still prime minister what he would be saying to make the evidence appear silly, mistaken or irrelevant.
      I would rather that some heads rolled but as this is unlikely to happen, I shall be content with people who know their stuff and can reflect on their own behaviour with harsh honesty. It is dizzying as it is so rarely seen in public and for such extended periods.

  • @Frithogar
    @Frithogar 6 місяців тому +60

    A list of things that England used to be great at and now is an absolute cluster: engineering, infrastructure building, science, crisis management, sport ...

    • @annemoncrieff3875
      @annemoncrieff3875 6 місяців тому +3

      Yes litlle emgland meanwhile the Scots r still innovative. Remember do not get the 2 countries mixed up.

    • @chrisdickens4268
      @chrisdickens4268 6 місяців тому +3

      Legal sector and financial sector say no, we quite liked feudalism...

    • @Frithogar
      @Frithogar 6 місяців тому +1

      @@annemoncrieff3875 Exactly!

    • @Dacheerio
      @Dacheerio 6 місяців тому +6

      @@annemoncrieff3875 i dont think he mentioned scotland fella

    • @StratsRUs
      @StratsRUs 6 місяців тому +6

      School ceilings falling through must put extra pressure on a growing mind.

  • @buntyjoy1800
    @buntyjoy1800 6 місяців тому +17

    "Eat out to help out' free cough with every reservation

    • @adamknight7041
      @adamknight7041 6 місяців тому

      Hardly "eat out to die out" the Covid bedwetteers rebranded it though was it? 🙄
      The hospitality industry would be a thing of the past if it wasn't for Sunak's financial input

    • @ShaunieDale
      @ShaunieDale 6 місяців тому +3

      “Eat out to spread it about.” Is a more accurate description.

  • @helenhaubensack-bitterli3733
    @helenhaubensack-bitterli3733 6 місяців тому +11

    I am no scientist but got the concept ffs!

  • @wh8787
    @wh8787 6 місяців тому +6

    I remember Boris Johnson saying he thought that herd immunity could be pursued by "letting it move through the population" or some such early on, so the idea that nobody in the government was saying the supported herd immunity when the PM himself had basically said he thought it was a good idea just sounds like bollocks.

  • @brionleverich942
    @brionleverich942 6 місяців тому +39

    Its frustrating, Chris Whitty explained herd immunity as not being a reasonable goal. Yet suddenly various MPs pushed it as being the goal. Clearly what was he supposed to do?

    • @willlawrence8756
      @willlawrence8756 6 місяців тому

      So, he could have 'phoned Dr Chetty (number on the internet) to compare Boris's approach with the approach of Dr Chetty in S Africa.....he treated each and every 'covid symptoms patient' immediately the patient came to him according to the severity of illness etc (not like lovely Boris...'go home, isolate, see how it goes, we don't know how to treat it..GO TO HOSPITAL IF IT GETS TOO BAD ETC ..A DANGEROUS APPROACH FOR SOME FOLK FOR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS.). ALL PATIENTS RECOVERED WITHIN A WEEK, 100% SUCCESS, NO NEED FOR HOSPITALISATION/OXYGEN......AND THEREFORE WHEN ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT OF COVID JABS, GAVE THE OBVIOUS ANSWER THAT HE DIDN'T NEED THEM!! When he contacted medical journals to publish his methods, they refused to publish!! FOLLOW THE MONEY, LUCRATIVE UNSAFE, rushed, FRAUDULENT JABS .....NOT TO MENTION REDICULOUS PCR TEST KITS ETC.....FACE MASKS......ETC . Now we have excess deaths of around 20% per annum in all age groups....YES, ALL AGE GROUPS....draw your own conclusions! See the many you tube interviews Dr Chetty has given......and here's a recent post re excess deaths.....I wonder if this post will be still up in the morning!! ua-cam.com/video/zOeLIE7EAzM/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TheJimmyDoreShow

    • @ragdollkid1338
      @ragdollkid1338 6 місяців тому +2

      Exactly, he could only advise

    • @JonesySurvived
      @JonesySurvived 6 місяців тому

      Except we now basically have Herd Immunity, which itself is a normal process and not unreasonable at all. Even the vaccine program is ultimately aimed at Herd Immunity. It's the natural end to any disease, barring eradication of the species involved. TOTAL immunity is in fact, the unreasonable aim which the government chose via OVER-vaccination. Children were never in any reasonable danger. Vaccinating them was criminal and only done because of this POLITICAL aversion to acknowledging Herd Immunity as legitimate.
      Politicians were just routinely weaponizing the term for political aims. And even seasoned Scientists were being misguided on this topic, giving all kinds of (eventually proven inaccurate) assumptions.

    • @hawky2k215
      @hawky2k215 6 місяців тому

      True could have prevented it too!

    • @hawky2k215
      @hawky2k215 6 місяців тому

      To be a good leader they must be brutal honest

  • @stevejw52
    @stevejw52 6 місяців тому +22

    Is "exponential growth" such a difficult thing to grasp? Surely someone in politics should be familiar with the idea of compound interest - it's essentially a very similar thing.

    • @paulphillips675
      @paulphillips675 6 місяців тому +5

      Perhaps they should have had it explained it in terms of how exponential growth in votes for labour would affect their chances of staying in power - they would have understood then

    • @peterhemmings2929
      @peterhemmings2929 6 місяців тому +3

      Johnson couldn't even get the idea of the case fatality rate of 0.04 (i.e. 1 in 25) and he was convinced that it meant 0.04% (i.e. 1 in 2500)

    • @nightjaronthegate
      @nightjaronthegate 6 місяців тому

      Exponential growth in the number of infected people is nonsense that assumes nobody has been exposed to the virus without being infected and that everyone is equally susceptible. In reality the most susceptible tend to be infected early, and as the number of infections rises, the proportion of people with immunity among the uninfected and recovered group increases and the infection rate slows down.
      The entire approach to Covid was disastrous authoritarianism and a reversal of everything that was known about how such a virus should be tackled - lockdown, masks, social distancing, furlough, school and shop closures, ventilation of patients, vaccination, vaccine mandates, vaccine passes, suppression of off-label prescribing, censorship of dissent and true information, the whole lot. Freedom was sacrificed to a minor respiratory infection with a 99+% survival rate.
      The real problem was not the virus but the overreaction to it. The way we should have dealt with Covid was the way we dealt with flu every winter before 2020.
      Search for "Not 14M Lives Saved, But Over 17M Dead from the mRNA COVID vax" on Substack.

    • @nightjaronthegate
      @nightjaronthegate 6 місяців тому

      UA-cam seems to be censoring. I wrote a comment explaining why exponential growth is a myth and the interventionist approach to dealing with the virus was wrong but you are not allowed to read it. I will try the first part again.
      Exponential growth in the number of infected people is nonsense that assumes nobody has been exposed to the virus without being infected and that everyone is equally susceptible. In reality the most susceptible tend to be infected early; as the number of infections rises the proportion of people with immunity among the uninfected and recovered group increases, the proportion of vulnerable uninfected people decreases, and the infection rate slows down.

    • @bobjary9382
      @bobjary9382 6 місяців тому

      It doesnt instil trust in the govt when it comes to economic matters does it?

  • @ataboyboyboy8895
    @ataboyboyboy8895 6 місяців тому +26

    All the data that SAGE supplied to the government should be made public. All those politicians that were involved should surrender all the data they have, digital or not. Who silenced world wide doctors? Name them and bring them to justice. The modelist should also be investigated. He played a huge role.

    • @ragdollkid1338
      @ragdollkid1338 6 місяців тому

      Clearly you wouldn't understand it if you think the modelling was wrong.
      If the politicians couldn't grasp exponential growth its unlikely the general public would understand 1% of the data SAGE produced

    • @mck2021
      @mck2021 6 місяців тому +1

      Opticians?

    • @ataboyboyboy8895
      @ataboyboyboy8895 6 місяців тому

      @@mck2021LOL politicians.

    • @jardinekelso
      @jardinekelso 6 місяців тому

      How many in SAGE had any epidemiology background ?

    • @ragdollkid1338
      @ragdollkid1338 6 місяців тому +1

      @jardinekelso SAGE isn't a fixed group. Depending on what the current issue is they chose the relevant experts for the task.
      So in a pandemic there would have been an appropriate mix of health and epidemiology experts

  • @filthydrainman6824
    @filthydrainman6824 6 місяців тому +4

    They are all guilty by association.
    They all profited in one way or another.
    They should all be sacked 💯

    • @carlharding5311
      @carlharding5311 6 місяців тому +2

      Simplistic solutions appeal to simple minds. 😊

    • @filthydrainman6824
      @filthydrainman6824 6 місяців тому

      @@carlharding5311 hey Carl did you take any vaccines?

    • @carlharding5311
      @carlharding5311 6 місяців тому

      @@filthydrainman6824 Ah vaccine conspiracy theory, that figures. You can get tin hats by post, you know. That way you can make sure you don’t fall off the edge of the earth while your out! 🤪

    • @filthydrainman6824
      @filthydrainman6824 6 місяців тому

      @@carlharding5311 so you did take the vaccines…. Well I might be simple, but your the silly sausage that took the bait.
      Its not a conspiracy theory, It’s a fact.
      And aaaaalllll the people now making up the figures for “excess deaths” probably regret not buying a tin foil hat 👍🏻
      Bet you have a “iv been vaccinated” on your social media profile pic 🤣💉💉💉👍🏻 you champ!!

    • @filthydrainman6824
      @filthydrainman6824 6 місяців тому

      @@carlharding5311 it isn’t complicated really. PM’s and MP’s got richer in the years over COVID and vaccinations than any other year prior.
      MP’s and PM’s invested in companies that conveniently made more billionaires in those years than ever before. And muppets like you think it’s simply a conspiracy 💯💉💉 book yourself in for your next booster mate your well over due 👍🏻

  • @amandaslade9072
    @amandaslade9072 6 місяців тому +2

    He willingly participated in the lies, ignored one of his former scientist colleagues who spoke out

  • @gingerssmelllikecabbageand8708
    @gingerssmelllikecabbageand8708 6 місяців тому +3

    As someone who worked in ITU through the pandemic, im a whole host of failures two stood out. Yes mistakes were made in the first wave and I hold my hand up in saying I didn’t take it seriously until numbers became names. The eat out to help out, was wrong, but that occurred in the summer and by November through to March the general public lost interest and I’m going to call the general public’s disinterested attitude to it all on the second wave. I hold the government account from March 2020 to September 21 after that the public have to own it. Your a fool to think Johnson and the crew cared

  • @Steve-bm3cq
    @Steve-bm3cq 6 місяців тому +49

    This guy is a way better orator in this hearing than I remember him being in the briefings back in the day.
    They should have given him more screen time and freedoms to say what he needed to say.

    • @brianeduardo1234
      @brianeduardo1234 6 місяців тому +1

      I agree he was anything but authoritative in briefings …

    • @l1ncs
      @l1ncs 6 місяців тому +3

      probably because of the issues surrounding the political barriers he was witnessing and lack of leadership and organisation .. he's had time to review and process the choices he made

    • @hieroglyph321
      @hieroglyph321 6 місяців тому +4

      No more politicians tying his hands....

    • @robertstephenson8311
      @robertstephenson8311 6 місяців тому +6

      Maybe because it’s his own words as opposed to being told what to say in his “performances” , previously.

    • @ragdollkid1338
      @ragdollkid1338 6 місяців тому +4

      He was clearly constrained by government policy in the briefings and all the experts looked uncomfortable at times because they had to be careful not to answer questions in a way that wouldn't confuse

  • @paulrobertson3796
    @paulrobertson3796 6 місяців тому +2

    Can't believe a word any of them are saying all back stabbing each other and it wasn't me it was him

  • @brianeduardo1234
    @brianeduardo1234 6 місяців тому +4

    If I’m blunt, if I’m honest …you have sworn to be honest - to tell the whole truth! You can’t not be honest

  • @Clint-kr8zm
    @Clint-kr8zm 6 місяців тому +2

    They knew what they where doing

  • @mrstevecox7
    @mrstevecox7 6 місяців тому +24

    At 16m Whitty says there might have been downsides to early lockdown etc. It is perfectly clear to anyone thinking clearly, that an early lockdown preventing exponential growth and ending quickly would be far preferable to a slightly late lockdown letting exponential growth occur - because the latter lockdown would last far longer and cause more "fatigue".

    • @xwize
      @xwize 6 місяців тому +6

      you have to weigh the severity against the likelihood
      its easy to be captain hindsight

    • @marmadukesandwich
      @marmadukesandwich 6 місяців тому

      Yes, but the thing is, most people don't think clearly. Most people are incapable of forecasting past the next few days, especially when they can't see it with their own eyes within their immediate vicinity.
      An early lockdown would have been ignored by more people, leading to later attempts at a lockdown being less effective.

    • @street-level
      @street-level 6 місяців тому +1

      There speaks someone who does understand some mathematics.

    • @thomashughes7336
      @thomashughes7336 6 місяців тому +4

      They mention further in the parts from yesterdays stuff that a quick early lockdown often promotes a massively severe second wave, which would have hit peak in winter. As well as some other significant reasoning. I personally think an early lockdown would have been better, but he made some good points

    • @DivertissementMonas1664
      @DivertissementMonas1664 6 місяців тому

      You still can't see the wood through the trees. Incredible ignorance.

  • @johngee4306
    @johngee4306 6 місяців тому +4

    I have little confidence anything will come of this.

  • @NeroDX
    @NeroDX 6 місяців тому +49

    The gov were informed months before it was public knowledge and sat on their hands until it was an enormous issue, instead of putting out measures to curb the spread. Probably because of fears that their share profits would be effected by restricting travel or the like. It's not exactly rocket science.

    • @ryanfraser167
      @ryanfraser167 6 місяців тому +2

      They can't just put out measures that violate people's rights based on hypothetical risk they have to be absolutely sure the risk is going to be realised before interfering in people's liberties and businesses/livelihoods etc.

    • @moselley
      @moselley 6 місяців тому

      The virus was first spotted on or the day before New Years Eve, when I Chinese doctor note to colleagues in a whatsapp group that patients had been arriving at hospital displaying symptoms of SARS. Asia was very familiar with SARS, took it very seriously and locked down quickly, but we had not been exposed to SARS, so were somewhat lackadaisical in our response.
      I'm convinced that conservative governments in the Anglosphere sat on their hands precisely because they didn't want to impede the money machine, which almost certainly included their own share profits.

    • @adamknight7041
      @adamknight7041 6 місяців тому +8

      ​@@ryanfraser167
      99.8%+ survival rate you don't close down society for such a miniscule risk to the healthy working age population I don't give a fuck what anyone tries to argue to the contrary.

    • @anthony64632
      @anthony64632 6 місяців тому +5

      ​@ryanfraser167 ,better to act earlier to minimise the damage than wait and say " oops, it has gone bad ".

    • @ryanfraser167
      @ryanfraser167 6 місяців тому +1

      @@anthony64632 it depends what you mean by "act", if it means violating people's rights and freedoms than there are obstacles to doing it.

  • @mashizzubizz
    @mashizzubizz 6 місяців тому +3

    All shady barstewards.
    Makes Arthur Daley look like an Angel

  • @richardwarren537
    @richardwarren537 6 місяців тому +3

    If I went to tesco and knicked a chicken I'd get into more trouble than all of these put together that's allowed to fxxka country up

  • @billyb6043
    @billyb6043 6 місяців тому +19

    and to think some people took it upon themselves to threaten these experts, and their families, when they were doing their utmost to serve the nation to the best of their abilities. surrounded by dim-witted, ego-driven careerists.

  • @mattbennett7036
    @mattbennett7036 6 місяців тому +9

    Still waiting for someone to ask, "with hindsight, do you think that lockdowns were a net negative or net positive to the health of the nation?".

    • @buzzinbites8962
      @buzzinbites8962 6 місяців тому +2

      How could keeping people apart be negative from a health perspective? And he’s not a financial or psychological expert so he can’t answer the question. Nobody can. It’s done. Get over it.

    • @bobjary9382
      @bobjary9382 6 місяців тому

      @@buzzinbites8962 mental health ? ..and the nation has not recovered in many areas , a lot of businesses already suffering from the knock on effects of inflation/austerity went to the wall. A stroll through the retail or commercial district of almost any town reveals that

    • @buzzinbites8962
      @buzzinbites8962 6 місяців тому +1

      @@bobjary9382 I said a health perspective. If you have a contagious pandemic then keeping people apart is quite obviously the correct response purely from a health point of view but I completely agree there’s a trade off and who knows where the net benefit actually lies.

    • @annewalden3795
      @annewalden3795 6 місяців тому

      Matt I think you have to ask another question namely " How many pensioner deaths are you prepared to tolerate ".

    • @bobjary9382
      @bobjary9382 6 місяців тому

      @buzzinbites8962 youre quite right you did say 'from a health perspective'

  • @jonathonjubb6626
    @jonathonjubb6626 6 місяців тому +6

    Exponential growth is NOT a difficult concept to any Uni graduate... Ffs

    • @andyking7621
      @andyking7621 6 місяців тому

      It probably is for a feckless, reckless baffoon who's education amounted to conjugating Latin verbs.

  • @johnhall4851
    @johnhall4851 6 місяців тому +12

    The barrister asks poor questions. I wouldn't employ him. It sounds more like a careful plan to whitewash this scandal.

    • @bandaid2024
      @bandaid2024 6 місяців тому +2

      I think he’s given Whitty a really hard time unnecessarily. I liked that barrister but I lost respect for him today.

    • @ragdollkid1338
      @ragdollkid1338 6 місяців тому

      He is asking prepared questions for the enquiry and seeking clarification where he thinks it is needed. He is pushing Whitty who is being very professional and tactful in not calling the PM a liar or being blunt about the capabilities of the team in number 10

  • @catherine8326
    @catherine8326 6 місяців тому +1

    Great that this information is readily available!

    • @andyking7621
      @andyking7621 6 місяців тому

      It is a public inquiry ... But yes.
      As it should be.

  • @lindaengland6521
    @lindaengland6521 6 місяців тому +3

    All these people went on quite happily with their lives, they don't have an energy crisis, they don't struggle to put food on the table, they don't spend hours on the phone trying to see a doctor. These people need to come live in the real world. They care, I don't think so. It was don't mind me, pull up the ladder Jack!

  • @silver152
    @silver152 6 місяців тому +1

    What they did get right is all the cash many in the government at time made . there should be a very big investigation

  • @jakobfromthefence
    @jakobfromthefence 6 місяців тому +8

    You can’t really convince anyone of anything if they don’t want to listen. That would be my experience across the board from this pandemic. Which was the case with large parts of the public and a government with populist tendencies definitely in large parts reflected that.

  • @MixedUpSignals
    @MixedUpSignals 6 місяців тому +6

    All I have heard from anybody is "Wasn't me guv"

    • @tamhunter5025
      @tamhunter5025 6 місяців тому +1

      You are right, it was them

  • @GWJUK
    @GWJUK 6 місяців тому +3

    Pointless enquiry, no proper questions being asked about effectiveness. Just blaming each other.
    The rates of infection were no different in the UK to other European countries who didn’t have eat out to help out but you wouldn’t be able to tell from this sham.
    Oh and by the way I didn’t use the scheme

  • @soloperformer5598
    @soloperformer5598 6 місяців тому +2

    "throws Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson under the bus". If only that were literal.

  • @brianthorley1518
    @brianthorley1518 6 місяців тому +2

    Typical it's not my fault!!! Dog eat dog

  • @bereal6590
    @bereal6590 6 місяців тому +11

    Thanks for covering this ✌✊

    • @TonyToning-ne7uq
      @TonyToning-ne7uq 6 місяців тому

      Covering up * you mean..

    • @terryhaircastle5702
      @terryhaircastle5702 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@TonyToning-ne7uqhow are JOE covering anything up?

    • @TonyToning-ne7uq
      @TonyToning-ne7uq 6 місяців тому

      Av a day off love! i meant the clip@@terryhaircastle5702

  • @MrBlazer3585
    @MrBlazer3585 6 місяців тому +6

    If politicians had half the thought process as this the Professor we would be in a better place.
    On a different note, I wis someone eas there for me when needed and say "Slow down Professor!" 😅

  • @SelfIndulgentGamer
    @SelfIndulgentGamer 6 місяців тому +1

    They were already under the bus 😂

  • @Relugus
    @Relugus 6 місяців тому +2

    Reminds me of Father Ted explaining distance to Dougal..

  • @ShaunieDale
    @ShaunieDale 6 місяців тому +24

    I’m inclined not to slate Whitty too much. Trying to explain calculus to a kindergarten child is never going to end well. I’m sure he suffered some sort of explanation fatigue for trying to explain very complex topics to Boris Johnson. The conversation should have been like this:-
    Johnson “what do we do?”
    SAGE “We do XYZ.”
    Johnson “Hancock, do what they said, make it happen.”

  • @benja9653
    @benja9653 6 місяців тому +9

    loved the "slow dowwwn professor 🙄🙄🙄" 2 minutes in

    • @jacksg1809
      @jacksg1809 6 місяців тому

      Nervous ? Knew he had to say what he thought he should say as "bosses" were watching

  • @BobbyLectric
    @BobbyLectric 6 місяців тому

    Lovely bit of nostalgia

  • @johngee4306
    @johngee4306 6 місяців тому +1

    Theatre only.

  • @theghostoftom
    @theghostoftom 6 місяців тому +4

    21:38 and suprise suprise Sunak lied about it again at the last PM questions.

  • @djp120970
    @djp120970 6 місяців тому +2

    And then they hand over to the WHO mic drop

  • @nickjung7394
    @nickjung7394 6 місяців тому +1

    Professor Whitty's 2017 lecture on Pandemics given at Gresham College showed just how competent and well informed this man is. That others overruled or failed to listen to him cannot be his fault!

  • @bob23301
    @bob23301 6 місяців тому +2

    My god, they put peoples lives at risk for nothing but money...........a true tory, they should all be charged with what they did.

    • @MrBlazer3585
      @MrBlazer3585 6 місяців тому

      You're absolutely right!

  • @nigellee9824
    @nigellee9824 6 місяців тому +1

    During the pandemic I thought he was out of his depth, and this enquiry proved me right…

  • @dba1222
    @dba1222 6 місяців тому

    SLOOOOWWWW DOOOWWWN PROFEESSSOOORRR
    LOL

  • @sandywilson867
    @sandywilson867 6 місяців тому +9

    It is good to hear a calm , cool , presentation . without the hysteria that the media likes to highlight . Politicians should not be involved in estimating the risk factor of scientific matters of which they have no knowledge ; that should be left to the professionals .

  • @cook1e2000robturnerxG
    @cook1e2000robturnerxG 6 місяців тому +1

    I feel like the gentleman doing the questioning can feel like looking for headlines instead of routing for more understanding about what went wrong

  • @pearlverdun
    @pearlverdun 6 місяців тому +1

    How much are we paying for this hearing? Whitty just whittled...did he answer any questions?

  • @robertstephenson8311
    @robertstephenson8311 6 місяців тому +2

    Please remember that Whitty is now a “Sir” Chris Whitty. Yes it was an honour he picked up after overriding the JCVI on child vaccination. So what?

  • @tommiatkins3443
    @tommiatkins3443 6 місяців тому +13

    At the time, I literally dropped my jaw , saying out loud "oh fuck... they'll kill us all... people will believe them and die". And they did. By their thousands. And there's no compensation. The ones who cheered them killing their own mothers are craving to see Farage on IACGMOOH, because finally people will see what a funny and nice person he is.

  • @dapperdarlingdm5723
    @dapperdarlingdm5723 6 місяців тому +1

    Anyone whose seen a zombie movie understands exponential growth!

  • @artseosamhogriobhta
    @artseosamhogriobhta 6 місяців тому

    "The Health Family".... says it all really

  • @mark.e.p
    @mark.e.p 6 місяців тому +7

    Had many cheap covid free curries thanks to Rishi. Guess we're paying for it now 😢

    • @tarkadahl1985
      @tarkadahl1985 6 місяців тому

      if you've still got the shits 3 years later best see the doc mate

  • @thomasmorin749
    @thomasmorin749 6 місяців тому +28

    This Inquiry is all about the great and the good covering their own backsides.

  • @mariushancu4422
    @mariushancu4422 6 місяців тому +2

    See this book "War on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic"

  • @thomasmatthews4766
    @thomasmatthews4766 6 місяців тому +1

    Every one a liar...who,s getting rich out of this ?...The final bill will shock you ..😳

  • @cncit
    @cncit 6 місяців тому +1

    Small numbers to large numbers. I know nothing about medical science but I understood right from the announcement of the pandemic, that this virus, left unchecked, would spread like wildfire. We had already witnessed that happening in Spain and Italy. We had all the evidence we needed. To hear a scientist, tasked with advising the government at this critical time, say that people didn't understand this, is complete tosh in my view!

  • @derekmulready1523
    @derekmulready1523 6 місяців тому +3

    The analogy with Brexit. The British Government said everything will be Grand on the run up to leaving the EU. While 27 Independent Sovereign Member States prepared. With Massive amounts of €s being pumped into Infrastructure. The Government sat on their hands, England is Largely bypassed.
    Upto the 23:00 CET 31 01 2020 The Cabinet thought that the EU would CAVE to British demands.
    🇮🇪🇪🇺

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 6 місяців тому

      Where do you think the EU money came from? Which countries were net contributors to the EU?

  • @davekeith576
    @davekeith576 6 місяців тому +2

    Why was ( Ivermectin discouraged .

  • @mariewhatley455
    @mariewhatley455 6 місяців тому +2

    Chris Whitty is a very intelligent and educated man. He has the wellbeing of people at heart. Admirable.

  • @Mark-bl6oe
    @Mark-bl6oe 6 місяців тому +5

    I can't even begin to imagine doing such a difficult job with the highest consequences, while working alongside politicians who were intoxicated, contemptuous, egotistical and deceitful. Chris must have been so frustrated day in day out. Yes Chris will have made mistakes himself but you can see here he has already reflected on them immensely, no one is perfect especially with the benefit of hindsight. However, he has always acted with integrity with the best intentions at heart given the situation and workplace he had to deal with.

  • @NSW-ye3xw
    @NSW-ye3xw 6 місяців тому

    Boris got Chris knighted, Chris now throws Boris under the bus. I wouldn’t trust any of them.

  • @kazsasha5993
    @kazsasha5993 6 місяців тому +1

    He is a weasel and agreed with everything the government said and got paid for it knowing the truth , now he is trying to squirm his way out of it , hoping that admitting his downfall he will get normal people on his side - despicable.

  • @spinachtriangle
    @spinachtriangle 6 місяців тому +1

    Is the tax payer paying for all those NPCs sitting in the background trying to look busy when actually they not doing anything?

  • @lawrencenoctor2703
    @lawrencenoctor2703 6 місяців тому

    At a time when we needed udult leadership we got that utter shambles. How anyone can defend them is beyond understanding.

  • @derekmulready1523
    @derekmulready1523 6 місяців тому +1

    Neither did the Whole Cabinet. Britain is a kind of "Democracy" at Queen Elizabeth ii Pleasure.
    🇮🇪🇪🇺

    • @nickjung7394
      @nickjung7394 6 місяців тому

      It is the system that the people of Great Britain prefer!

  • @carolesutton3082
    @carolesutton3082 6 місяців тому

    Tell the public the truth and stop the intentional confusion with paper work.

  • @metalhead2550
    @metalhead2550 6 місяців тому +2

    I'm sorry but exponential growth is not a hard concept to grasp.... it's a pretty standard mathematical concept

    • @davidwhitton9050
      @davidwhitton9050 6 місяців тому

      Very easy to explain just go, 2, 4, 16, 256 most people should grasp the concept of really really fast by then.

  • @Bobbynutty
    @Bobbynutty 6 місяців тому

    Crook's questioning and crook's answering 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

  • @prideofdurham4776
    @prideofdurham4776 6 місяців тому +1

    Will Twatty return his knighthood he got from the bloke he has just thrown under a Routemaster Red London bus? Willy Eckerslyke.

  • @davidpearson6785
    @davidpearson6785 6 місяців тому +14

    Welcome to todays edition of pass the buck ......

    • @TranslatorTuber
      @TranslatorTuber 6 місяців тому +6

      He shouldn't need to pass the buck. The PM was in charge. The buck always stops with him.

    • @buntyjoy1800
      @buntyjoy1800 6 місяців тому +7

      Buck stops at Johnson

    • @jellslixcy6168
      @jellslixcy6168 6 місяців тому +2

      At one point he literally says “ I should have done this better” - he is owning his self assessed failings in a very public forum. Watch the bit about behavioural fatigue

    • @buntyjoy1800
      @buntyjoy1800 6 місяців тому +1

      @@jellslixcy6168 It was Johnson ignoring the experts and his arrogance that killed people, not Whitty conveying information in a less than perfect fashion.

    • @jellslixcy6168
      @jellslixcy6168 6 місяців тому

      @@buntyjoy1800yes I know- my comment was a reply to the original comment saying that everyone is passing the buck - Whitty isn’t passing the buck

  • @mck2021
    @mck2021 6 місяців тому

    "Slow down Professor"...

  • @jtmuso
    @jtmuso 6 місяців тому

    When I watch this I like imagine that they’ve turned up in some random office to have this discussion. All those people emailing Sandra from HR complaining about the work environment

  • @Stubear22374
    @Stubear22374 6 місяців тому +1

    Chris hasn’t thrown them under the bus they stepped out on their own because they believed they knew better than him, and they didn’t so Chris is being right he is telling the truth these car crash idiots were not fully in charge never have been but why bother with an enquiry they ain’t going to prison so it’s pointless

  • @ashleygreen3462
    @ashleygreen3462 6 місяців тому

    Next slide please 👍

  • @ChubbyChecker182
    @ChubbyChecker182 6 місяців тому +1

    21.38... Eat Out To Help Out bit

  • @jimmorrison4291
    @jimmorrison4291 6 місяців тому +9

    As a man, I wasn't keen on "Eat Out to Help Out", although I think his new initiative, "Suck Off to Muck In" is going to be a roaring success.

    • @MontyCantsin5
      @MontyCantsin5 6 місяців тому +2

      Teeheeheehee…hahahaha….hilarious. Not.

    • @TonyToning-ne7uq
      @TonyToning-ne7uq 6 місяців тому

      as a man i didnt adhere to lockdown and led a normal life for the 2 + years great britian was illegally imprisoned. i feel sorry for sheep who lost 2+ years of there lifes for NOTHING.

    • @LeoRikimaru
      @LeoRikimaru 6 місяців тому +2

      @@MontyCantsin5Ah. The overwhelming, cynical confidence of someone not trying to heighten the mood criticizing someone who does.
      What a fun person you must be.

    • @jellslixcy6168
      @jellslixcy6168 6 місяців тому +2

      @@LeoRikimaruheighten the mood or lighten the mood? I think you mean lighten? Heightening the mood with a sexual innuendo joke would be hard. Like I was after eating out.

    • @MontyCantsin5
      @MontyCantsin5 6 місяців тому

      @@LeoRikimaru: I'm sorry, that made no sense. Try again.

  • @bernieburrows3731
    @bernieburrows3731 6 місяців тому +14

    The arrogance is deafening and they all like the sound of their own voice 😒

    • @marksykes5434
      @marksykes5434 6 місяців тому

      You , of course , don’t mean the independent scientists………….do you ?

  • @johngee4306
    @johngee4306 6 місяців тому +1

    Then why not stand up and stop it at the time.

  • @geordiedog1749
    @geordiedog1749 6 місяців тому +2

    Dear God……….

  • @itsmememene8953
    @itsmememene8953 6 місяців тому +1

    Chris needs to watch world news

  • @tim73639
    @tim73639 6 місяців тому +1

    Next slide please

  • @integinteg9222
    @integinteg9222 4 місяці тому

    Everyone told them but they censored people who rejected their narrative.

  • @alan-sk7ky
    @alan-sk7ky 6 місяців тому +1

    Well,at least he got a KCB for allowing the science to be ignored while acting as the 'oven glove'

  • @dulcettonezzz8229
    @dulcettonezzz8229 6 місяців тому

    It’s not just about public health. If it was, smoking and alcohol would be illegal