FAO: Twitter #COVID19 factchecking hivemind.

This is a thread on #HART spokespeople and key members.

It has a main post per spokesperson/member for the hivemind to contribute useful biographical insights about each one.

Feel free to add to any post 👍

Let's begin...

/1 https://twitter.com/hartgroup_org/status/1353735763398189056
First up:

Dr John Lee
Retired Professor of Pathology

@FullFact : "in January 2021, Lee claimed that the number of deaths was below average for the time of year... this was incorrect and in the final 4 weeks of 2020 the number of deaths was higher than last 5 years"

/2
Prof Ellen Townsend
Professor of Psychology, University of Nottingham

#GreatBarringtonDeclaration co-signer.

Curious that both Prof Townsend and Dr Lee don't have Twitter accounts despite being spokespeople... (Townsend did but it's been mothballed: @selfharmnotts)

/3
Alfie Carlisle - @ASCarlisle
HART Young People’s Spokesperson
Law Student and SU Trustee

Interesting tweet from Alfie to the closely connected @pcrclaims. I wonder what he wanted "free/cheap"... legal advice...?
Graham Hutchinson
@GRHutchinson (oof, he's blocked me. oops.)
Former Senior Chief Biomedical Scientist at Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale

Currently: estate agent, @EVAmericas Nova Scotia, Canada
Previously: gardener at @kewgardens

https://www.evrealestate.com/bio/GrahamHutchinson

/7
Prof Norman Fenton
@profnfenton
Professor of Risk at Queen Mary University of London

Prof Fenton thinks we have been "overcounting the number of deaths caused by Covid-19."

Hmm, correlation 0.98

/8
Dr Paul Cuddon
@paul_cuddon
Healthcare and Life Sciences Research Analyst, London

In other words:
Director, Healthcare Equity Research @NumisSecurities

/9
Dr Tanya Klymenko
@Taka_tut
Senior lecturer in Biomedical sciences, Sheffield Hallam University

Dr Klymenko likes the misleading HART logo.
I wonder if she'll retweet this...

/10
Dr Penelope Siebert
Lecturer in Public Health, Nottingham Trent University

/11
Dr Jonathan Engler
@jengleruk (another blocker...)
Healthcare entrepreneur. Qualified in Medicine and Law

PCR FPR "expert", and buddy of @ClareCraigPath
#PathologicalClare

"It's Ok Clare, you deleted your tweets"


/12
Dr Keith Johnson
IP Consultant, Former Patent Examiner

"with nearly thirty years experience in the field of diagnostic testing, including PCR, DNA chips and immunoassay."

Tell us more Keith!

/13
Dr Malcolm Loudon
Expert in Global Health and Disease Control

/14
Dr Malcolm Kendrick
General Practitioner, NHS
@malcolmken

Hmm... 'nuff said.

/15
Dr Ros Jones
Retired Consultant Paediatrician

"Every death is tragic, but most of them are people who are going to be near the end of their life,"

and #UsforThem campaigner.

/16
Joel Smalley
@RealJoelSmalley (a keen blocker...)
MBA, Quantitative Analyst

Joel is a master of the misleading chart, e.g. showing things going down when they are going up...

And I think @JamesMo10817760 can also fill us in about Joel.

https://twitter.com/jneill/status/1333742497223364609
/17
Dr Charlotte Bell
Immunologist and Veterinary Surgeon

#UsForThem open letter author
https://usforthem.co.uk/first-do-no-harm/

/18
Dr Edmund Fordham
Fellow of the Institute of Physics
@EdmundFordham

And Brexit Party candidate
https://twitter.com/victorshannock/status/1193117209012428800

/19
Now to #HART Members – Economics, Politics & Law

Prof Marilyn James
@ProfMJames
Professor of Health Economics, Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham

/20
Prof David Paton
@cricketwyvern
Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School

Oh, Prof Paton in "Lockdowns work" shocker:
https://twitter.com/cricketwyvern/status/1357417288371167232

/21
Dr Lee Jones
@DrLeeJones
Reader in International Politics, Queen Mary University of London

Hmm... in predictions that didn't happen:
https://twitter.com/DrLeeJones/status/1242225749769302022

/22
Sam Williams
Director and Co-founder of Economic Insight

As per: https://twitter.com/jdportes/status/1307982096032583680

/23
Lastly, Members – Mental Health and Social Care

Dr Gary Sidley
@GarySidley
Retired Clinical Psychologist

Dolan is a fan:

/24
Dr Damian Wilde
@DrDJWilde
Clinical Psychologist

And vaccine... shall we say "sceptic"... https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3ADrDJWilde%20vaccine&src=typed_query

/25
Dr Livia Pontes
Clinical Psychologist

/26
Dr Zenobia Storah
Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychologist

/27
Dr Harrie Bunker-Smith
@Dr_HarrieB
Clinical Psychologist

Always awkward when your new BFF deletes her tweets...

/28
Dr Elizabeth Corcoran
Psychiatrist and functional medicine doctor
Chair of @DSRF_UK

/29
Dr Karen Neil
Specialist Pharmacist and Mindfulness Teacher
@Mindfulpharmacy

/editor's note: no relation...

/30
Dr Matthew Owens
Lecturer in Developmental Psychology

/31
Prof Penny Dick
Professor of Organizational Psychology

/32
Prof David Seedhouse
Professor of Deliberative Practice at Aston University

/33
And that's a wrap (so far, anyway).

Notably missing from the "top team" as originally promised by @grhutchinson are #YeadonWrongAgain and #PathologicalClare

Sorry about that @MichaelYeadon3 @ClareCraigPath ...

/34 and end.
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