• Michael Levitt, a Stanford University professor and a Nobel Laureate who correctly predicted the initial scale of the pandemic, suggested that the coronavirus lockdown could have caused more deaths than it saved
• He also said that Neil Ferguson’s modelling overestimated deaths
• Termed lockdown to be a crude and medieval-sounding phrase
• Suggested the decision to keep people indoors was motivated by ‘panic’
• Thinks epidemiologists exaggerate their claims so that people are more likely to listen to them
Source: StanfordDaily, DailyMail