The curious timescale of Dominic Cummings, his visit to Durham and his Corona Virus illness. [thread]

In a radio broadcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000hmyy at 1h and 50m his wife, Mary Wakefield, says:

"I sat on his bed staring at his chest trying to count his breaths per minute"

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... and "my son dressed in his doctor's uniform administered Ribena"

Given that, it seems she was well enough to look after her son. So the trip to Durham was not out of 'safeguarding' necessity - as suggested by Harries in today's #DailyBriefing

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She then explains he spent ten days in bed saying:

"Just as Dom was beginning to get better it was reported that Boris was heading in the other direction into hospital"

- Johnson went into St Thomas' 5th April

and according to today's statement from Downing Street:

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"Mr Cummings started suffering from coronavirus at the end of March and self-isolated with his wife, journalist Mary Wakefield, and young son for 14 days."

However

A spokesman from Durham Constabulary said: ... /4

"On Tues, March 31, our officers were made aware of reports that an individual had travelled from London to Durham and was present at an address in the city."

So either he was in Durham before he was ill and Mary's radio comment is questionable OR Durham police were incorrect.