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This video crystallises something that has been bugging me
Please read this
and see if you can help me understand
First, watch the video and then compare + contrast with the one in the next Tweet
Also, today has raised a new really important question at the end… https://twitter.com/grahamja51/status/1338503250824351744
This video crystallises something that has been bugging me
Please read this
and see if you can help me understandFirst, watch the video and then compare + contrast with the one in the next Tweet
Also, today has raised a new really important question at the end… https://twitter.com/grahamja51/status/1338503250824351744
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On May 6th @MattHancock believed that children in school spread #COVID19.
And on December 10th he believed children in school spread COVID.
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/health-and-social-care-secretarys-statement-on-coronavirus-covid-19-10-december-2020
On May 6th @MattHancock believed that children in school spread #COVID19.
And on December 10th he believed children in school spread COVID.
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/health-and-social-care-secretarys-statement-on-coronavirus-covid-19-10-december-2020
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So the first question is:
What the hell happened in between?
Why were children sent back to school with measures known to be inadequate to prevent the spread of COVID?
They seeded the second wave and this lead to c. 21k additional deaths so far?
So the first question is:
What the hell happened in between?
Why were children sent back to school with measures known to be inadequate to prevent the spread of COVID?
They seeded the second wave and this lead to c. 21k additional deaths so far?
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We know @MattHancock had COVID.
Is this the post viral brain fug at work?
Or did he just sell his soul for political expediency and end up with the blood of 21,000 victims on his conscience?
No wonder he wept in Parliament.
We know @MattHancock had COVID.
Is this the post viral brain fug at work?
Or did he just sell his soul for political expediency and end up with the blood of 21,000 victims on his conscience?
No wonder he wept in Parliament.
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But today an even more serious question has arisen.
In this afternoon’s statement it was revealed there is a new strain of #Covid_19 accounting for many of the infections in London and the SE.
This strain is thought to spread more quickly than the previous dominant strain.
But today an even more serious question has arisen.
In this afternoon’s statement it was revealed there is a new strain of #Covid_19 accounting for many of the infections in London and the SE.
This strain is thought to spread more quickly than the previous dominant strain.
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The Government say it will be a few days to weeks before we know for sure whether the new strain will still be taken down by the vaccine
It is still their policy to sue schools that shut early
Let that sink in because we just showed we learned f
k all in round 1 & round 2.
The Government say it will be a few days to weeks before we know for sure whether the new strain will still be taken down by the vaccine
It is still their policy to sue schools that shut early
Let that sink in because we just showed we learned f
k all in round 1 & round 2.
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Best case scenario:
Leaving schools open instead of moving online allows a faster spreading variant to spread further thought the community
If it becomes dominant across the country -> more areas in higher tiers and more frequent lockdowns
Best case scenario:
Leaving schools open instead of moving online allows a faster spreading variant to spread further thought the community
If it becomes dominant across the country -> more areas in higher tiers and more frequent lockdowns
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@BBCFergusWalsh ignores this in his "don’t be unduly alarmed post", continuing @BBCNews streak of doing little other than pumping government propaganda.
Journalism is dead there.
@BBCFergusWalsh ignores this in his "don’t be unduly alarmed post", continuing @BBCNews streak of doing little other than pumping government propaganda.
Journalism is dead there.
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Worst case scenario is we reduce the efficacy of the vaccine, perhaps close to zero, as the fast spreading takes over.
If there is one thing we should have learned by now, after wave 1, after wave 2, is to apply the precautionary principle.
Worst case scenario is we reduce the efficacy of the vaccine, perhaps close to zero, as the fast spreading takes over.
If there is one thing we should have learned by now, after wave 1, after wave 2, is to apply the precautionary principle.
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This policy of keeping schools open, just after admitting they are driving COVID19’s spread, even after a new, fast spreading variant emerges comes from someone who has the gall to call himself Health Secretary.
This policy of keeping schools open, just after admitting they are driving COVID19’s spread, even after a new, fast spreading variant emerges comes from someone who has the gall to call himself Health Secretary.
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@MattHancock should be referred to as the Secretary of State for Disease henceforth.
He is batting for Team COVID.
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@MattHancock should be referred to as the Secretary of State for Disease henceforth.
He is batting for Team COVID.
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