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1/ Tragically I can @carolecadwalla.
From the v start of the pandemic, #PHE have made a number of decisions that have definitely NOT been in the public’s or healthcare workers’ interest & will have resulted in many more lives lost or irrevocably damaged than was necessary.
From the v start of the pandemic, #PHE have made a number of decisions that have definitely NOT been in the public’s or healthcare workers’ interest & will have resulted in many more lives lost or irrevocably damaged than was necessary.
2/ Downgrading #COVID19 from the list of HCIDs was one such example.
Few HCWs doubt that the decision was based on supplies of #PPE available.
Anyone in doubt should try to watch this @BBCPanorama by Richard Bilton which is bizarrely no longer available?!
Few HCWs doubt that the decision was based on supplies of #PPE available.
Anyone in doubt should try to watch this @BBCPanorama by Richard Bilton which is bizarrely no longer available?!
3/ @DrRCoull & I were 2 of many GPs who raised concerns last yr over the LEVEL of #PPE HCWs expected to wear when dealing directly w/ confirmed or suspected #COVID19 pts.
@drmeenalviz @ThePalpitations @DAUK_GP & @EveryDoctorUK @DrSimonHodes +others REPEATEDLY RAISED THE ISSUE
@drmeenalviz @ThePalpitations @DAUK_GP & @EveryDoctorUK @DrSimonHodes +others REPEATEDLY RAISED THE ISSUE
Oh yeah also my votes for the ESC
(can't vote Germany cuz German, but performance looked very fun!)
A thread, 1/11
(can't vote Germany cuz German, but performance looked very fun!)
A thread, 1/11
1 point: Switzerland - technique was nice, vibes were nice, didn't blow me away
A thread, 2/11
A thread, 2/11
2 points: Azerbaijan - Was very catchy, nice drop, not much more though
A thread, 3/11
A thread, 3/11
Happy #Eurovision2021 everybody! Apart from the songs #Eurovision itself was a pioneering and often chaotic attempt to collaborate on new technology across Europe. And it only happened because of Queen Elizabeth ll.
Let's look back at the birth of European broadcasting...
Let's look back at the birth of European broadcasting...
After WWll Britain and France quickly restated their TV services. Each had different standards: the BBC's 405-line standard quickly allowed for full national coverage, but France's 819-line format needed more powerful transmitters which reduced its broadcast range.
And by 1950 Holland had a TV service using a 625-line standard. However Belgium was caught in the middle: should it use the Dutch or French standard? In a classic euro-fudge it chose both. This made Belgium a pioneer of TV broadcast signal conversion.
1/. As we dig out our sequins & prepare for the #Eurovision Song Contest, it's hard to believe that it's only been a year since the final of the Corona Vision Song Contest
150+ entries
32 finalists
12 categories
Only one winner
#EurovisionSongContest2021 #eurovision21 @Eurovision
150+ entries
32 finalists
12 categories
Only one winner
#EurovisionSongContest2021 #eurovision21 @Eurovision
2/. "Let the virus inspire us!"
Coronavision tapped into that extraordinary burst of creativity in those early months of the COVID pandemic
Our slogan - "We have a category for that" - meant that even if you couldn't sing you could enter for "Worst Song" podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pol…
Coronavision tapped into that extraordinary burst of creativity in those early months of the COVID pandemic
Our slogan - "We have a category for that" - meant that even if you couldn't sing you could enter for "Worst Song" podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pol…
3/. “Now we’ve been blessed!
The Coronavision Song Contest
People vote & chose the best
Coronavision Song Contest”
One highlight of the competition was when @gloriagaynor RTed this version of @LoveTinaTurner's Simply the Best!
#Eurovision #Eurovision2021
The Coronavision Song Contest
People vote & chose the best
Coronavision Song Contest”
One highlight of the competition was when @gloriagaynor RTed this version of @LoveTinaTurner's Simply the Best!
#Eurovision #Eurovision2021
It's #Eurovision week!
After last year was cancelled, they're going ahead this year with a limited audience.
Here's this year's entries. My prediction: 🇲🇹#Malta will win.
More on that below in the thread you didn't ask for but are getting anyway (1/21).
After last year was cancelled, they're going ahead this year with a limited audience.
Here's this year's entries. My prediction: 🇲🇹#Malta will win.
More on that below in the thread you didn't ask for but are getting anyway (1/21).
You might ask: this is 1st & foremost a TV show with theoretically no need for performers to be in same place, why was 2020 cancelled (for 1st time in 65 years)?
Answer: Eurovision rules are strict. There wasn't enough time to change them to allow contestants to compete remotely
Answer: Eurovision rules are strict. There wasn't enough time to change them to allow contestants to compete remotely
#Netherlands is hosting this year in Rotterdam, because they won in 2019 with Arcade.
I'll be heading up there to cover it, luckily it's just 90 minutes away.
The rules are quite strict: constant testing & separation of audience, contestants and press.
I'll be heading up there to cover it, luckily it's just 90 minutes away.
The rules are quite strict: constant testing & separation of audience, contestants and press.
