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I know that stories about Churchill’s staute & Fawlty Towers & get lots of clicks, but there are some stories of huge national importance that are being overlooked.
STORY 1. Newly published SAGE minutes offer more evidence of govt #herdimmunity strategy
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1271526217548693511
I know that stories about Churchill’s staute & Fawlty Towers & get lots of clicks, but there are some stories of huge national importance that are being overlooked.
STORY 1. Newly published SAGE minutes offer more evidence of govt #herdimmunity strategy
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1271526217548693511
STORY 2
An Oxford University study published in 1 June ranks the UK fourth from bottom in a global league of countries readiness for easing lockdown.
The study uses WHO criteria & the UK comes 191st out of 195, below South Sudan.
Shops open on Monday. https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1271345558372986880?s=21 https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1271345558372986880
An Oxford University study published in 1 June ranks the UK fourth from bottom in a global league of countries readiness for easing lockdown.
The study uses WHO criteria & the UK comes 191st out of 195, below South Sudan.
Shops open on Monday. https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1271345558372986880?s=21 https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1271345558372986880
The league table (above) is the Oxford #COVID19 Govt Response Tracker & provides a cross-national overview of which countries meet 4 of WHO's 6 recommendations for relaxing physical distancing measures.
It provides for a rough comparison across nations. https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/lockdown-rollback-checklist
It provides for a rough comparison across nations. https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/lockdown-rollback-checklist
STORY 3
This is a multitude of interlinking scandals - the care home scandal, the PPE scandal, the testing scandal, the app scandal, the media scandal, the contracts scandal, the Palantir/Faculty scandal etc. - which all make up the #HerdImmunityScandal. https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1269782035499028482
This is a multitude of interlinking scandals - the care home scandal, the PPE scandal, the testing scandal, the app scandal, the media scandal, the contracts scandal, the Palantir/Faculty scandal etc. - which all make up the #HerdImmunityScandal. https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1269782035499028482
STORY 4
The PM’s #GreenwichSpeech on 3 February is what @peterjukes calls “a smoking gun” of the #HerdImmunityScandal.
Peter sent me the tip off on 16 April & I posted this clip the same day.
It got 1m views in 36hrs but has been ignored by the media.
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1250894405323628545?s=21 https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1250894405323628545
The PM’s #GreenwichSpeech on 3 February is what @peterjukes calls “a smoking gun” of the #HerdImmunityScandal.
Peter sent me the tip off on 16 April & I posted this clip the same day.
It got 1m views in 36hrs but has been ignored by the media.
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1250894405323628545?s=21 https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1250894405323628545
STORY 5
Decisions made in 5 March SAGE meeting don’t fully reflect the science set out in the minutes.
This was the first meeting #DominicCummings attended.
Were the behaviourists “nudging” past the science in order to push #HerdImmunity? #BREAKING
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1272303816289943552?s=21 https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1272303816289943552
Decisions made in 5 March SAGE meeting don’t fully reflect the science set out in the minutes.
This was the first meeting #DominicCummings attended.
Were the behaviourists “nudging” past the science in order to push #HerdImmunity? #BREAKING
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1272303816289943552?s=21 https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1272303816289943552
STORY 6
The UK eased lockdown this week despite not having met all of the 5 tests they had claimed were vital to be met.
But what about the 6 WHO tests for the easing lockdown?
Does England meet them?
I looked them up and on my calculation England would only pass about three.
The UK eased lockdown this week despite not having met all of the 5 tests they had claimed were vital to be met.
But what about the 6 WHO tests for the easing lockdown?
Does England meet them?
I looked them up and on my calculation England would only pass about three.
STORY 7
"Shall I tell you a terrible truth?...You can probably make a good case for almost any course of action.”
This 8 minute interview with @borisjohnson from 2013, is chilling to watch in the midst of the #coronavirus crisis & #HerdImmunityScandal.
"Shall I tell you a terrible truth?...You can probably make a good case for almost any course of action.”
This 8 minute interview with @borisjohnson from 2013, is chilling to watch in the midst of the #coronavirus crisis & #HerdImmunityScandal.
Note, when the subject moves to ethics, @BorisJohnson becomes more guarded.
When asked whether he believes one "can derive the ethics from the science" he avoids answering.
Perhaps he is aware that discussions of genetics & genomics can easily slip into the subject of eugenics.
When asked whether he believes one "can derive the ethics from the science" he avoids answering.
Perhaps he is aware that discussions of genetics & genomics can easily slip into the subject of eugenics.
STORY 8
Today the govt admitted the tracing-app might not be ready until winter.
This ties in with STORY 2 (UK one of the least ready countries in the world to lift lockdown) & STORY 6 (that we fail at least 3 of the WHO's tests for easing lockdown). https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1273301607158099969
Today the govt admitted the tracing-app might not be ready until winter.
This ties in with STORY 2 (UK one of the least ready countries in the world to lift lockdown) & STORY 6 (that we fail at least 3 of the WHO's tests for easing lockdown). https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1273301607158099969
The similarities between England & the Netherlands are interesting.
Whilst Dutch PM Rutte began by being open about #Herdimmunity - the Education Secretary even talked about opening schools as a good way of fanning the infection - they are now denying it.
Whilst Dutch PM Rutte began by being open about #Herdimmunity - the Education Secretary even talked about opening schools as a good way of fanning the infection - they are now denying it.
