Following the emergence of the Omicron variant of the China virus in December 2021, Whitty pushed claims that the variant could cause over 75000 by April 2022. As reported by ''[[The Daily Mail]]'' in January 2022, Whitty was later forced to admit this was incorrect.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/11/plan-b-omicron-could-lead-75000-deaths-five-months/ ‘Gloomsters’ scientists admit they were wrong about 75,000 Omicron deaths]</ref> | Following the emergence of the Omicron variant of the China virus in December 2021, Whitty pushed claims that the variant could cause over 75000 by April 2022. As reported by ''[[The Daily Mail]]'' in January 2022, Whitty was later forced to admit this was incorrect.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/11/plan-b-omicron-could-lead-75000-deaths-five-months/ ‘Gloomsters’ scientists admit they were wrong about 75,000 Omicron deaths]</ref> |