"Understand the technicalities in a way I couldn't do"
To these people you DO have to be a genius to see it. It really does seem that they didn't grasp exponential growth, and needed Tim Gowers to tell them!
Now I suppose that it's "cool" that Cummings could call on Dr Gowers, even if it's not his area of expertise. But it's shocking that before he did so the people in charge of our response to the virus had so little understanding.
It's almost as if a degree in classics doesn't prepare one for solving problems of a more scientific or mathematical nature...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
