Everyone involved in COVID-19 has a very good primary motive. Epidemiologists want to save lives. The doctors want to save lives. Politicians want to save lives. Media wants to spread news to save ...
The line "Over 18 months or so, we're looking at maybe 100,000 lives spared" - which is based on no data I can detect, and is around 20x less than the Imperial College model forecast - suggests to me ...