The absolutely most important and momentous quote from CMO Chris Whitty on the 21st July 2020 in the Parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee hearing:
“If you look at the R, and the behaviours, quite a lot of the change that led to the R going below one occurred well before, or to some extent before, the 23rd, when the full lockdown started.”
You can download it yourself on their website - set the start time at 10:58:00 and end time as 11:01 - their instructions are easy to follow.
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4b2dfc60-0c0e-47fe-8b78-1db2f135a004
This, in effect, means that “the virus” infection rate was dropping drastically BEFORE the incarceration of the population started and that the existing precautions - wash hands properly, coughing etiquette, stay at home if you feel ill - were effectively controlling the spread of “the virus”.
It also means that the peak of the infections occurred PRIOR to the population incarceration commenced and as the average time from catching “the virus” to death has been widely stated as 23 days with the peak numbers of deaths occurring approximately 10-14 days from commencement of the incarceration it means that the imprisonment of the population and destruction of the economy has had NO effect whatsoever.
Why was he not challenged on this at the time by anyone on the Committee?
Why is this statement not being reported by ANY media outlet until your article today?