The code for his model has been released. There’s a scathing review of it here:
https://lockdownsceptics.org/code-review-of-fergusons-model/
“Due to bugs, the code can produce very different results given identical inputs. They routinely act as if this is unimportant.“
Instead, the Government is dominated by academics who apparently felt unable to question anything done by a fellow professor. Meanwhile, average citizens like myself are told we should never question “expertise”.