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 
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
“Trump is asking Americans to become numb to mass death because that'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
One of the key overlaps between what'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
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/StefSimanowitz/status/1285184442588450819
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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