UK's Chris Whitty Admits Government May Have 'Overdone' the Covid Threat

Chris Whitty, the UK's Chief Medical Officer, admits that the government may have exaggerated the risk posed by "the pandemic".

"Did we get the level of concern right? Were we either overpitching it so that people were incredibly afraid of something where, in fact, their actuarial risk was low, or we were not pitching it enough?"

"Arguably, some people would say we—if anything—overdid it rather than underdid it."