It appears that Dominic Cummings edited a blog from March 2019 to make it look like he saw coronavirus coming. Here's a rundown:https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-may-have-edited-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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The funny thing about this No10 clarification (that the report he referenced did mention coronaviruses, just that Cummings didn't post them in his blog) is just that: THEY WERE THERE. But super forecaster Cummings didn't deem them worthy of inclusionhttps://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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Also, now that it's confirmed, might I add: editing your old blogs on your first day back at work is very "I'll be spending today catching up on emails" post-holiday energyhttps://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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I still can't wrap my head around the motives here. Did he genuinely think no one was going to check? Did he think you couldn't find out it was edited? Or is the 4D chess theory in action? I just can't imagine doing something so embarrassingly obvious.https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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I was born yesterday.
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This country is going down the toilet and thanks to those Tory f-wits, we're now forensically examining Cummings' entire existence for the last couple of months. Not that there are other things that need sorting out of course.
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I've looked hard at both versions, and can't see the link which Cummings alleges. If it doesn't exist that would make three lies about his wonderful prescience.
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UPDATE: This is no longer a question of "may have" – No10 has confirmed he retroactively edited the blog