David, I must admit I had to look it up (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment) and you are of course right. My suggestion for a buzzer at least prompted a debate on the validity of the briefings.But in reply I would mention that the misinformation and repetitive tropes - “We follow the science”, and we ‘Take the right steps at the right time” etc etc - ingrain in the audience that our government is competent and did indeed do everything it could to reduce the impact of the virus. These messages are then picked up in our rightwing newspapers. It reminds me of A Clockwork Orange. They didn’t take the right steps, failed to learn lessons from other countries and reaped the whirlwind that an underfunded NHS and mismanaged and neglected social care sector could not prevent.But we know what they are portraying is just not the truth, and the death totals however they are counted - over 35,000 of those confirmed through tests to have had Covid-19, and well over 50,000 if we compare the increase compared to last year, tell the real story. There was no “protective ring” thrown around the care homes. Patients with the virus were sent back from hospitals to infect their staff (untested) and other patients. The Matt Hancock figures on number of tests are a sham. For example he counts tests mailed out for self-swabbing. And then he counts them again when they are returned. I could go on .... and on ... and on.Nick
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