Undazzled by US talent, US government hired Prof. Lockdown, citizen of a foreign government, subject of a monarchy, OBE, Order of the British Empire, math professor in a small country thousands of miles away from the US

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UK “Prof. Neil Ferguson advises the UK and US governments, WHO and the EU on emerging infections and modelling.” NERVTAG member bios, updated Jan. 2021….”‘Professor Lockdown’ makes a return to advise on the new coronavirus wave,” UK Telegraph, 12/21/20

Who exactly in the US government finds it necessary to seek advice from the subject of a monarchy, appointed OBE, Order of the British Empire, a math professor in a small island nation thousands of miles away from the US who thus must be added to the payroll of US taxpayers?

“New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group,” [NERVTAG]

“The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) advises the government on the threat posed by new and emerging respiratory viruses.”…

Updated Jan. 2021: “NERVTAG Member Bios”

“Neil Ferguson is director of the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling and the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Modelling and Health Economics. He uses mathematical and statistical models to investigate the processes shaping infectious disease pathogenesis, evolution and transmission. His recent work has focused on the use of models as contingency planning tools for emerging human infections (notably SARS–CoV–2, Ebola and pandemic influenza), bioterrorist threats and livestock outbreaks, though he also undertakes research on the dynamics and control of vector–borne diseases (dengue, yellow fever and malaria) and pathogen evolution. He was educated at Oxford University where he also undertook postdoctoral research, then held a readership at the University of Nottingham before moving to Imperial College. Professor Ferguson is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and an International Member of the US National Academy of Medicine and received an OBE [Order of the British Empire among the Queen’s New Year Honors] for his work on the 2001 UK foot and mouth disease epidemic. Prof Ferguson advises the UK and US governments, WHO and the EU on emerging infections and modelling.”

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Added: 12/31/2001, Ferguson awarded “Order of the British Empire:”

Dec. 31, 2001, “Honours for England: London and the South,” BBC

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“Order of the British Empire”…Neil Ferguson is among British Empire’s honorees, 12/31/2001:

“Professor Neil Ferguson. For services to Epidemiology and the Control of Infectious Diseases”…

 

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