SAGE

Tighter Covid restrictions were being urged by SAGE, the government’s committee of scientific advisers. The meeting was held on 8 October, and minutes have just been released. In spite of its calls for greater transparency, the ‘worst-case scenario’ it refers to remains confidential. The Spectator has published the July 30 draft of this scenario this

In pandemics, UK governments plan their response based on an unpublished ‘worst-case scenario’. Below, we are publishing Sage’s classified report for the winter of 2020. It’s intended not as a prediction, but an example of how bad things might get and what HM Government should prepare for. It was published in July 30 and envisaged