A leading statistician stated that NEIL Ferguson has been “overconfidently” claiming that Covid will support us by September. Nate Silver said that there are so many variables in the pandemic that no one can be sure of its outcome. 3 An expert said that Professor Neil Ferguson “has been too confident” in his pandemic predictionCredit: Reuters Mr. Silver correctly predicted the outcome of the 2008 US presidential election. After an expert (known as Professor Lockdown) said that the worst period of the pandemic should be left behind before September or October, he summoned Professor Ferguson . He also noted that epidemiologists warned earlier this month that it was “almost inevitable” and we will soon see 100,000 cases per day.