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The death forecasts that were used to justify a new national lockdown were WRONG and deaths from the second wave will not exceed those from the first, according to reports.
Graphics used during Boris Johnson’s television speech declaring a second lockdown showed predictions of 1,500 deaths per day in early December, a terrifying number that meant a UK-wide lockdown was inevitable.
But the government has now discovered that “an error” had crept into the charts, making the numbers too high, The Telegraph reported. As a result, Downing Street has quietly tweaked the charts, reducing the worst case to just under 1,000 deaths per day.
The news came as Boris said that a four-week lockdown in England is “enough” to have a “real impact” on coronavirus infection rates.
At a press conference in Downing Street on the first day of England’s second national lockdown, the prime minister expressed hope for “as normal a Christmas as possible” after the month-long restrictions.
He stressed: “These measures, although they are tough, have a time limit … There is light at the end of the tunnel.”
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