#COVID19VisualDiary: First full week of COVID19 #lockdown in UK (hashtags in #COVID19UK tweets 24-30 March inclusive)

#NHS
#StayHomeSaveLives
#FlattenTheCurve

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Week 2 of #COVID19VisualDiary (31 Mar - 6 Apr)

#StayHomeSaveLives dominant, to help #FlattenTheCurve & #NHS
Calls for #PPE
Questions about other UK Gov spending plans
Some crazy conspiracy stories

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This #COVID19VisualDiary thread is based on data imported using @mhawksey& #39;s free TAGS tool: https://tags.hawksey.info/get-tags/ 

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https://www.smrfoundation.org/ 

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Top 30 #COVID19UK tweets during UK lockdown appear to include just 3 public sector workers (speech language therapist @lwilliamson89,
doctor & Honorary Vice President of
@TheBMA @kailashchandobe, & SLT/ teacher @mrhtheteacher)

Enjoyed @1scottishbanter& #39;s tweet too!

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Week 3 of #COVID19VisualDiary through lens of #COVID19UK tweets (7-13 April)

Boris Johnson was very ill
Continued support for NHS workers
Concern about prisoners e.g. Julian Assange case

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Week 4 of #COVID19VisualDiary - #COVID19UK tweets 14-20 April

Big stories: #PPE, #NHS & #CareHomes & other front-line workers e.g. bus drivers

Big tweet re #C4News: https://twitter.com/ij851227/status/1250493442813132801

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I have updated 24-30 March summary to link directly to Twitter so you can see tweets in map.

https://twitter.com/gmacscotland/status/1264222856923295747

I& #39;ll">https://twitter.com/gmacscotl... update rest ASAP