From WSJopinion: Scary projections based on faulty or incomplete data can put policy makers under pressure to adopt draconian measures, write Benny Peiser and Andrew Montford
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically demonstrated the limits of scientific modeling to predict the future.
The most consequential coronavirus model, produced by a team at Imperial College London, tipped the British government, which had until then pursued a cautious strategy, into precipitate action, culminating in the lockdown under which we are all currently laboring. With the Imperial team talking in terms of 250,000 to 510,000 deaths in the U.K. and social media aflame with demands for something to be done,...
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