Coronavirus: Prof Neil Ferguson quits government role for 'undermining' lockdown(bbc.com)

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Coronavirus: Prof Neil Ferguson quits government role for 'undermining' lockdown

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-52553229

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The only thing about this that surprises me is that he's British. I thought we Americans had the lock on "the rules don't apply to me".

And as for HN relevance, in my experience, "the rules don't apply to me" is endemic in our industry as well. Fortunately, in our case, that usually only results in drama within near-pointless corporations.

(The ZeroHedge headline is much snappier: Scientist Whose Doomsday Models Sparked Global Lockdown Resigns After Breaking Quarantine To Bang Married Lover)