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How to engage with your vaccine hesitant friends and family. A few things I've learnt. (a thread)
Connection.
Compassion.
Commitment.
These are the things you'll need. Also one word you'll need: 'Protection'. 1/
Connection.
Compassion.
Commitment.
These are the things you'll need. Also one word you'll need: 'Protection'. 1/
You don't need much more. You don't need a lot of knowledge about Covid, or to be a doctor or scientist. You - a person that cares for and knows the person you are talking to - are enough.
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These conversations can use a lot of energy though, so only engage when you have the resources yourself to care, and you care enough for the person to work with them. It is fine to not have the energy sometimes. 3/
Today, I have had loads of people getting in touch to say “Oh now I get what you’ve been on about.”
The sight of crowds on the streets of #Soho or cramming into pubs on #SuperSaturday, has made people realise that the govt strategy is STILL #HerdImmunity (also called mitigation)
The sight of crowds on the streets of #Soho or cramming into pubs on #SuperSaturday, has made people realise that the govt strategy is STILL #HerdImmunity (also called mitigation)
I've also been asked more questions:
"But why would they knowingly do it?"
"What's their goal?"
"What happens when we follow the money?"
"What can we do to stop this"
@Under_Covid - a new investigative & campaigning platform - has got some answers 👇
"But why would they knowingly do it?"
"What's their goal?"
"What happens when we follow the money?"
"What can we do to stop this"
@Under_Covid - a new investigative & campaigning platform - has got some answers 👇
What is #HerdImmunity?
It is an outcome NOT a strategy
Virtually every virologist or epidemiologist will tell you this
To slow down the spread = mitigation = going for herd immunity
To stop the spread = suppression = not going for herd immunity
Check out #HerdImmunityScandal
It is an outcome NOT a strategy
Virtually every virologist or epidemiologist will tell you this
To slow down the spread = mitigation = going for herd immunity
To stop the spread = suppression = not going for herd immunity
Check out #HerdImmunityScandal
THE WEEK IN POLITICS
#7MemesFor7Days of political immaturity, incompetence and idiocy —or is this evil by design?
1. Sunday: fall-out from Mikey Gove's Ditchley Lecture. Using reaching for FDR's greatness as cover, he revealed he wants radical experimentation without oversight.
#7MemesFor7Days of political immaturity, incompetence and idiocy —or is this evil by design?
1. Sunday: fall-out from Mikey Gove's Ditchley Lecture. Using reaching for FDR's greatness as cover, he revealed he wants radical experimentation without oversight.
#7MemesFor7Days
2. Monday: a new, inane 3-word slogan (#BuildBuildBuild) to headline another lacklustre prime ministerial speech. A prelude to more broken promises, more taxpayers' £ down the drain & a dead cat to distract us from the merciless drive towards NO DEAL with the EU.
2. Monday: a new, inane 3-word slogan (#BuildBuildBuild) to headline another lacklustre prime ministerial speech. A prelude to more broken promises, more taxpayers' £ down the drain & a dead cat to distract us from the merciless drive towards NO DEAL with the EU.
#7MemesFor7Days
3. Tuesday: Johnson fulfilled the promise he made on 26June2016 that despite Brexit, we Brits wld still be able to live, study, work, buy property, set up a business & retire in the EU.
NOT REALLY! Rat-b*stard Cons voted to strip us Brits of #FreedomOfMovement.
3. Tuesday: Johnson fulfilled the promise he made on 26June2016 that despite Brexit, we Brits wld still be able to live, study, work, buy property, set up a business & retire in the EU.
NOT REALLY! Rat-b*stard Cons voted to strip us Brits of #FreedomOfMovement.
"If we get this down to 20,000 & below, that's a good outcome”
We know how many #COVID19 deaths Vallance claimed he believed would be a good outcome
I can now reveal how many deaths SAGE believed would represent the best & worst scenarios👇#BreakingNews
We know how many #COVID19 deaths Vallance claimed he believed would be a good outcome
I can now reveal how many deaths SAGE believed would represent the best & worst scenarios👇#BreakingNews
These newly released SAGE documents from 29 March, show that SAGE’S Reasonable Worst Case scenario had a maximum of 50,000 direct deaths between March & Sept.
Their best scenario was 6,000.
We’ve already exceeded their worst scenario...& it’s only July! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Their best scenario was 6,000.
We’ve already exceeded their worst scenario...& it’s only July! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
This SAGE document released tonight was produced on 27 March
Vallance's "20,000 deaths is a good outcome" comments were on 17 March
On 16 March, @neil_ferguson had warned 250,000 deaths without any action
If you'd like to understand the numbers, check👇
Vallance's "20,000 deaths is a good outcome" comments were on 17 March
On 16 March, @neil_ferguson had warned 250,000 deaths without any action
If you'd like to understand the numbers, check👇
Today, there were 137 #COVID19 deaths
On the day lockdown was introduced, there were 102
Boris Johnson says public should act "safely & sensibly"
But pubs will open tmw at 6am
Are we really ready to celebrate #4thofJuly #MarkFrancois? #IndependenceDay
On the day lockdown was introduced, there were 102
Boris Johnson says public should act "safely & sensibly"
But pubs will open tmw at 6am
Are we really ready to celebrate #4thofJuly #MarkFrancois? #IndependenceDay
PM: Give “name & contact details of everyone behind the bar...behind the...to the...er...in the restaurant or wherever”
UK has 2x #COVID deaths as the rest of the EU put together
1 JULY
UK 176
Italy 21
France 18
Sweden 12
Germany 9
Spain 8
Belg 7
Portugal 3
Ire 2
Denm 1
Norw 1
UK has 2x #COVID deaths as the rest of the EU put together
1 JULY
UK 176
Italy 21
France 18
Sweden 12
Germany 9
Spain 8
Belg 7
Portugal 3
Ire 2
Denm 1
Norw 1
This is a time for sober, well-informed, transparent leadership & for MPs journalists & experts to challenge govt where they go wrong.
An Inquiry in 2021? What for?
We know what went wrong & why.
We know the govt ignored warnings.
We know this not sheer incompetence/bumbling.
An Inquiry in 2021? What for?
We know what went wrong & why.
We know the govt ignored warnings.
We know this not sheer incompetence/bumbling.
Welcome to a fascinating week in Parliament. Following #SuperSaturday, both the @HouseofCommons and @UKHouseofLords are back at work in the Chambers and committees debating key issues and holding the government to account.
How can you keep up to date? 👇
How can you keep up to date? 👇
In the Commons, the Speaker plans to make a statement on the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Motion) from 3.30pm. You can follow @HouseofCommons for the latest.
📽️ We're live now from the Commons Chamber on YouTube
📽️ We're live now from the Commons Chamber on YouTube
While in the Lords, members will quiz the government then debate its #QueensSpeech proposals on home affairs and local government from 3pm. @UKHouseofLords has more.
📽️ Watch the House of Lords live on YouTube now
📽️ Watch the House of Lords live on YouTube now
Today is an unusual day in Parliament. For the first time since 1982 MPs will sit in the @HouseofCommons on a Saturday, dubbed #SuperSaturday.
They’ll be debating and voting on Prime Minister @BorisJohnson’s Brexit deal ahead of the 31st October deadline to leave the EU.
They’ll be debating and voting on Prime Minister @BorisJohnson’s Brexit deal ahead of the 31st October deadline to leave the EU.
@HouseofCommons @BorisJohnson A Saturday sitting is extremely rare. 🗓️
The @HouseofCommons has only sat on four Saturdays since 1939 – for the outbreak of World War 2, to finalise business before summer recess in 1949, for the Suez Crisis in 1956 and when the Falkland Islands were invaded in 1982.
The @HouseofCommons has only sat on four Saturdays since 1939 – for the outbreak of World War 2, to finalise business before summer recess in 1949, for the Suez Crisis in 1956 and when the Falkland Islands were invaded in 1982.
@HouseofCommons @BorisJohnson The @UKHouseofLords will also be sitting today, with members debating the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
TODAY: Parliament is sitting on a #SuperSaturday for the first time in 37 years as MPs decide whether to back Boris Johnson's #BrexitDeal. Follow this thread for the latest
LATEST: The U.K. government won't contest the #BrexitDeal vote if the Letwin Amendment passes, official says. More: bloom.bg/2BoH3jH
Boris Johnson says he hopes Parliament can back Brexit as it's the 2nd #BrexitDeal and the 4th vote on the deal #SuperSaturday
