ButwhenDrBhopalarguedbackinAprilthatChildrenwereatverylowriskfromcovertitselfbutriskedsignificantharmfromcoveredrestrictions, hefaced a furiousbacklashfromsomeaccusationshavebeenthrownatmeonline, whichdon't knowhowmuchattention I needtopaytothem, butmynumberoneprioritythroughouthasBeanabouthealthandwellbeing.
Yourapproachisyougothroughsothere's always a levelofuncertainty, andsomepeoplethinkthatwehavetheanswerstopeople's diseaseandoneoftheimportantthings I saytothepatientquiteoften.
Sooneoftheproblemswhenyoufocusjustondeathandcovidnumbersalonetimeisyoucreatingmassfear, actually, ratherthanactuallytakingtheapproachesofabouttreatingpeople's adultsfor a startbutalsomakingsureit's balanceddespitetherebeing a rangeofexpertsfromacrosssciencewhowereconsultedbythegovernmentscientificadvisorygroupforemergencies.
I thinkitmustbequite a shockforthegeneralpublictoseescientistsdisagreeingsovehementlywitheachother, becausethetraditionalviewofscience, which I thinkismisguided, isthatit's a sortofmonolithicbodyofagreedfact, E s andthemediaisresponsibleforthisto a largeextentbysayingscientistssay, andridiculousstatementslikethat.
I think a lotofthemediaheadlineshavefocusedoncovertitself, but I thinkthatmightbePartofthechallengeforsomepeopleisifthey'renotfeelingparticularlyscaredaboutthevirusitselfanymore.