Michael Gove suggests Covid was man-made but is slapped down by inquiry chief who says: 'We're not going to go there'
Daily MailNOV 2023
Open Letter Criticizes 'Biases' of UK COVID Inquiry
Image copyright: Matthew Horwood/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
Not only has this inquiry ignored world-leading epidemiologists critical of lockdowns, but its treatment of the few it has called upon has been confrontational. COVID infection rates were falling before lockdowns, which shows what little scientific rigor the government has and continues to put into this issue. What's worse, the inquiry didn't originally plan to include the topic of children until parents protested.
Pro-establishment narrative
This inquiry has been rigorous and detailed in its socially- and medically-focused scientific pursuits. While some still claim that the government did too much in response to the virus outbreak, what this investigation has found is that leaders such as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson were too slow to act and thus left the elderly population at fatal risk. The public health community followed the best available science at the time.