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1. This is an important example of the corrosive effects of misinformation. Yesterday I pointed out the Mail had platformed a fringe voice.https://twitter.com/adamhamdy/status/1322336637012107266?s=20 2. This is a man who believes

1. So what now?Long time followers will know I've been pretty relentless banging the #COVID19 drum. Pandemics ruin lives and livelihoods. This virus should have been taken far more seriously

1. The problem facing Europe & the US isn't a scientific one. Scientists have been clear for months: public health and economic & social wellbeing are best served by policies

1. THE TROLLLast night the John Snow Memorandum got featured on an alternative news service that Media Bias rates as ‘Mixed’. This rating means it shares real news alongside 9-11,

1. What is the government's current #COVID19 strategy? Here is Chris Whitty on 4th March explaining the government's strategy was late intervention and early release. But what is it now?https://twitter.com/adamhamdy/status/130361651

1. I never thought I’d have to worry about bias during a pandemic, but here we are. Take this lead story, an exclusive no less, from the Daily Mail. The

1. Why have I been banging the drum yet again? Because parents and schools have been sold a false bill of goods. Children can be infected and they can and

1. So:Testing brokenEconomy crashedReinfection is a thing 2,000 schools with confirmed cases~ 1 million kids absentLong-term complications of infection Uni students captiveHospitality & events industry crushed Cases, hospitalisation &am

1. “It is, alas, a fact of the disease that it is readily transmissible between children and adults"Boris JohnsonThis fact was not accepted as part of the evidence base used

1. If this is true, it is a failure of epic proportions. This isn’t expenses fiddling or usual political shenanigans - lives are very much at risk because of this

1. Any public health experts want to voice their opinions on whether we should have face coverings in UK schools? We’ve just connected millions of households & workplaces & the

1. THE CATI love a good conspiracy theory. As a thriller writer, a compelling conspiracy is pure gold. I started keeping an eye on conspiracy websites more than a decade