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"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte

Aug 3, 2020, 9 tweets

A month ago, I posted the @JohnsHopkins graph on #COVID19 deaths per head of population👇

The UK way ahead

“England” would be even further ahead

The US was in 2nd place

In their latest graph, the UK is still way on top.

The US has slipped to 13th. coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

This is not a skit!

@jonathanvswan: “Oh, you’re doing death as a proportion of cases. I’m talking about death as a proportion of population.

@realDonaldTrump: “You can’t do that.”

Why isn’t PM grilled on mortality rate which is FAR higher in UK than US?

Look at the graphs they give to @realDonaldTrump - simplified so much that even a kindergartener could understand them. #coronavirus #COVID19 #ABCTest

Trump keeps repeating that the US has so many cases because they test so many people, but he is unable to answer why the US has so many deaths

TrUMP: “When I took over we didn’t even have a test”

SWAN: “Why would you have a test? The virus didn’t exist.”

His ex-professor called #Trump "the dumbest student I ever had".

Tillerson called him "a moron".

McMaster compared his IQ to “a kindergardner".

Graham called him a "race-baiting bigot".

Sadiq called him a “fascist”.

Boris said he was “out of his mind” & “stupefying ignorant”

Whilst Trump may be all these things, it's important to remember he is just a front man.

Like his counter-part, #BorisJohnson, who uses the #BumblingStrategy to distract, confuse & sometimes endear, #Trump uses his own bluster to keep all focus on him.

Why do two of the wealthiest countries in the world have the worst #COVID19 death rates?

Why did they both ignore what was happening in Italy & get it wrong on lock down, testing, PPE, track & trace, masks, etc.

Could they be following the same strategy?

You can't argue with stupid.....
#DonaldTrumpIn5Words

Trump Interviewing himself mash-up created by Justin T Brown. @axios #DonaldTrumpInFiveWords #DonaldTrump #Trump @realDonaldTrump

"If we would have gone herd we would have lost millions of people"

At the end of March, #DonaldTrump alluded to the UK #HerdImmunity strategy saying "thanks OK if you like death."

In this interview he talks about "herd" more openly. #HerdImmunityScandal
H/T @cliffordslapper

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