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Revision as of 13:30, March 2, 2023
| Chris Whitty | |
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| Chief Medical Officer of United Kingdom From: 2 October 2019 - present | |
| Predecessor | Dame Sally Davies |
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) |
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| Party | None |
| Religion | Unknown |
Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty (b. 1966) is a British epidemiologist, originally from Gloucester. He has served as Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019. Nicknamed "Britain's Fauci",[1] Whitty supported a China-style policy of lockdown to deal with the China virus in the UK, a policy which John Hopkins University has proven to have been ineffective.[2] Despite numerous degrees in medicine and even medical law, Whitty is known for making vastly off the mark predictions.
History
In November 2013, Chris Whitty led a delegation of British academics in China with the aim of building new ties between China and the UK, and strengthening existing ones.[3]
Whitty's support for a move to allow abortion pills to be taken in the home was reported by Angelus News on 12 December 2017.[4]
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.[5]
References
- ↑ Climate the New Corona? Britain’s Fauci Says Doctors Needed to Fight Air Pollution
- ↑ Dan Wootton: Chris Whitty has been proven wrong, but because he’s gone missing there’s been no opportunity to ask why he put us through this
- ↑ International development experts strengthen UK-China ties
- ↑ Critics warn against British movement advocating at-home abortion pills
- ↑ ‘Gloomsters’ scientists admit they were wrong about 75,000 Omicron deaths