An Oxford University professor has warned that government ministers have been focusing on worst case scenarios in COVID-19 modelling and the UK is in serious risk of “talking ourselves into annual lockdowns.” Professor Carl Heneghan, director of the Centre of Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University, said the UK government should trust people to manage their own risk rather than impose further lockdowns. Heneghan, an epidemiologist and practising doctor, told BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme on Monday that the country is in a different place from last year, but all ministers see is the worst case scenario when looking at modelling. “We are in deep, deep trouble of potentially talking ourselves into annual lockdowns,” he warned. According to Heneghan, the number of people testing positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus has only gone up by about 50 percent in a week rather than doubling every day. He said …