Trump & Johnson both scrapped their pandemic response team 6 months before #COVID19

They both delayed lockdown & were slow with testing, tracing, PPE etc

US & UK both celebrated #IndependenceDay ystdy

Terrifyingly, Palantir is working with both NHS & US https://buff.ly/3eNB2iG ">https://buff.ly/3eNB2iG&q...
Boris Johnson scrapped pandemic team six months before coronavirus hit

Boris Johnson scrapped the government’s Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingency Committee (THRCC) six months before the coronavirus arrived in Britain so they could focus on Brexit.

https://buff.ly/3eNB2iG
As in the UK, BAME communities in the US are disproportionately affected by #COVID19.

As in the UK, getting data from the govt is v hard in the US. Just as @openDemocracy had to sue govt to get data on contracts, @nytimes had to sue @CDCgov with a FOIA.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/05/us/coronavirus-latinos-african-americans-cdc-data.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...
As in the UK, BAME communities in the US are disproportionately affected by #COVID19.As in the UK, getting data from the govt is v hard in the US. Just as @openDemocracy had to sue govt to get data on contracts, @nytimes had to sue @CDCgov with a FOIA. https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...
As in the UK, BAME communities in the US are disproportionately affected by #COVID19.As in the UK, getting data from the govt is v hard in the US. Just as @openDemocracy had to sue govt to get data on contracts, @nytimes had to sue @CDCgov with a FOIA. https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...
As in the UK, BAME communities in the US are disproportionately affected by #COVID19.As in the UK, getting data from the govt is v hard in the US. Just as @openDemocracy had to sue govt to get data on contracts, @nytimes had to sue @CDCgov with a FOIA. https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...
As in the UK, BAME communities in the US are disproportionately affected by #COVID19.As in the UK, getting data from the govt is v hard in the US. Just as @openDemocracy had to sue govt to get data on contracts, @nytimes had to sue @CDCgov with a FOIA. https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...
“Trump is asking Americans to become numb to mass death because that& #39;s his default mode” says @nytimes’ @sarahkendzior quoting Trump on the Larry King show in 2004.

The quote echoes what Dominic Cummings reportedly said in February: “If that means some pensioners die, too bad.”
“Trump is asking Americans to become numb to mass death because that& #39;s his default mode” says @nytimes’ @sarahkendzior quoting Trump on the Larry King show in 2004.The quote echoes what Dominic Cummings reportedly said in February: “If that means some pensioners die, too bad.”
“Trump is asking Americans to become numb to mass death because that& #39;s his default mode” says @nytimes’ @sarahkendzior quoting Trump on the Larry King show in 2004.The quote echoes what Dominic Cummings reportedly said in February: “If that means some pensioners die, too bad.”
Is it a coincidence that after 4 months of prevarication on the mandatory use of #FaceMasks, Trump & Johnson were BOTH photographed wearing one on the same day & BOTH gave more unclear messaging on mask usage?

The parallels btw the UK & US are uncanny.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/face-masks-coronavirus-uk_uk_5f0c392ac5b67a80bc0a071f?utm_hp_ref=uk-coronavirus">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/fac...
Are the similarities more than coincidental?

Palantir, the AI/surveillance/biotech company that is running NHSX in the UK is also running the HHS in the US

To get a test in the UK, you need to share your data with US credit reporting agency @TransUnion. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/government-silent-on-involving-credit-firm-in-covid-19-testing/">https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/2...
Government Silent On Involving Credit Firm in COVID-19 Testing – Byline Times

Stephen Delahunty reports on concerns about credit agencies being used by health bodies when processing patient data.

https://bylinetimes.com/2020/05/22/government-silent-on-involving-credit-firm-in-covid-19-testing/
One of the key overlaps between what& #39;s happening in the US & UK appears to be the shadowy data-mining & surveillance company, Palantir.

Set-up by the co-founder of Paypal, right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, Palantir has worked with CIA, NSA, MI5 etc. https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1282474050984517632">https://twitter.com/StefSiman...
Palantir is running the digital platforms for both the NHS in the UK & the HHS in the US.

Both countries have now stopped sharing some data such as numbers of tests being conducted. https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1285184442588450819?s=21">https://twitter.com/stefsiman... https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1285184442588450819">https://twitter.com/StefSiman...
Among the many other parallels btw US & UK #COVID19 strategies is the #ContractScandal

Investigators concluded that “inept contract management & incompetent negotiating by the Trump Admin denied the country the ventilators it needed.”
See @GoodLawProject https://www.propublica.org/article/the-white-house-paid-up-to-500-million-too-much-for-these-ventilators-congressional-investigators-say">https://www.propublica.org/article/t...
The White House Paid Up to $500 Million Too Much for These Ventilators, Congressional Investigators...

A House panel says “gullible” White House negotiators overpaid for Phillips ventilators, and it has asked the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to investigate…

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-white-house-paid-up-to-500-million-too-much-for-these-ventilators-congressional-investigators-say
The Trump admin is now talking about #HerdImmunity & like the UK, they’re opening schools

#Trump’s pandemic advisor, Scott Atlas, says children have “no serious risks” from #COVID19 & are “very safe”

He doesn’t mention astmptomatic
transmission to adults
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