Uncomfortable truths - do not read if you are easily offended

We are on DAY 13 of "full #lockdown" and we would now have expected the benefits of this strategy to feed through into numbers of cases and deaths from #COVID2019 ...

@dawspeter @RachelAshleyVox @mrjamesob

It's never sensible to look at a few days figures and we are the "clinical trial" here but I would have been expecting some movement by now. We will see in the coming days.

Yet it must be said that our "curve" and therefore the number of deaths are ....

... already to some degree "baked in" by Johnson's preference for personal popularity over serving the people very early on in this crisis

#Johnson, #Hancock and #Patel continue to allow people into #UK without any #tests and with no #isolation

Many #selfemployed people are forced to go to work because they can't afford to do anything else.

Johnson tells #care homes that if they have a COViD patient, that they will not be admitted to hospital due to decades of #austerity in the #NHS ... https://humandynamics.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/everybody-hurts/

This means that #carehomes are to be renamed "death camps".

They continue to "Ramp up" production of #ventilators, #tests and so on. At current testing rates, we will all have been tested by 2038, or death, whichever comes soonest

@wHooCaresCIC

In my opinion, we are still pursuing the fictional #HerdImmunity " of "Doctor" Dom #Cummings or #genocide, whichever term you prefer ...

You will say "its easy to criticise ... what would you have done?"

Well, in January, #LiarJohnson should have:

* Spoken with #supermarkets on a strategy to feed the nation.

* Placed a request into #manufacturing industry for ventilator design.

* Provided funds to #pharma and #diagnostic companies to undertake work on tests for #COVID infection and antibodies.

* Spoken with the #BankOfEngland about measures for #UniversalBasicIncome and asked @HMRC et al to prepare

* Engaged #Councils in a localised strategy to ensure that vulnerable people were not left behind

and so on ...

Instead, @BorisJohnson hid in a fridge, made jokes about shaking hands and so on ...

Early indecision means that we face needless #deaths. Johnson is not you or I - he is paid to consult #experts, make tough decisions and ...

and .... communicate them to the people in ways they can understand and accept. He does not even have the excuse that he is in a weak position. Just one month before he gained a "landslide majority"

Johnson's #Brexit #OCD meant that precious time resources were wasted

To all #Tories who clapped for the #NHS, whilst this is laudible, can we see something more from you in terms of practical action and holding #Johnson and @conservatives to account?

@Keir_Starmer Whilst you need to collaborate on issues of national importance, please oppose