Claim: The Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, plans for the current rate of Covid-19 infections and deaths to continue.
Fact-check: Independent SAGE's estimated death rate is too high - Full Fact
Verdict: this is a misunderstanding of what professor whitty said. he was talking about hygiene rules continuing, not levels of infection staying the same.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2020-07-16T00:00:00