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Recommendation 107

107

Yet despite this, throughout the pandemic, detailed modelled projections have assumed a great prominence and...

Conclusion
Yet despite this, throughout the pandemic, detailed modelled projections have assumed a great prominence and have evidently had great influence on Government decisions. Indeed, the publication of the Imperial study of 16 March, is often cited as one of the main triggers for the abandonment of the initial policy of flattening the peak of covid, and its replacement with the one of suppression, in line with many other countries.167 Assumptions about behavioural compliance
Government Response

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