Dominic Cummings doubles down on claim government planned ‘herd immunity’ response to Covid.
Dominic Cummings doubles down on claim government planned ‘herd immunity’ response to Covid. Dominic Cummings said Boris Johnson's ex-aide gives dramatic evidence to MPs. Dominic Cummings says senior officials “fell disastrously short of the standards the public has a right to expect”. He added “When the public needed us most, the Government failed." Cummings says there was "no sense of urgency" in No10 until the end of February, suggesting it was too late by the time the Government started taking the outbreak seriously Some senior officials were "skiing" in mid-February and the Prime Minister and others went on "holiday" that month, he said Mr Cummings says he should have hit the "panic button" earlier Cummings says he regrets that he “did not follow up” and “push” on pandemic preparations at the end of January. He said it was not until the end of February 2020 that it was realised the plans were “hollow”. Mr Cummings has said “many...