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

Aug 10, 2020, 8 tweets

"It'll be safe for children to be back in schools" claims @Helen_Whately despite admitting that she “hasn’t seen the paper”

She also claims we have “very low transmission”.

This isn’t true

669 = new cases on 23 March

This week:

Fri 950
Sat 871
Sun 758

On 23 March - the eve of lockdown - the UK had 669 new #COVID19 cases

The county was scared

Last week the number of new #coronavirus was
Mon 880
Tues 928
Weds 670
Thurs 891
Fri 950
Sat 871
Sun (ystdy) 758

The PM says we have a “moral duty” to open schools #schoolsreopeninguk

With #schoolsreopening soon, we have produced a safe #school guide - developed with experts & based on recent research.

It offers an essential guide to on how to keep children safe in schools.
#schoolsreopeninguk #COVID19 #BackToSchool #Covid19UK undercovid.org/articles/safe-…

#COVID19 cases have been rising steadily for 4 weeks

There's ‘no evidence’ that this is due to increased testing

Govt stopped reporting how many people had been tested

Randox tests have been recalled

ONS community survey consistently says Govt only finds 1 in 4 #cOVID cases

The #JointBiosecurityCentre that took over from SAGE, has set the bar for success very low.

For them, success would be keeping under 1,000 new cases tests per day

“We’ve no idea where this figure came from or how it was constructed.” Ex-@WHO director @GabrielScally #COVID19

Cases of #COVID19 have risen to highest daily total since mid-June, breaching the official govt threshold.

Top scientists, already concerned that the #JointBiosecurityCentre should have set the bar for success at 1,000 new cases:day, will no doubt be alarmed by the 1,148 figure.

Another big jump in new #COVID19 cases today. 1,441 - the highest number of new cases for 2 months & yet govt is pushing ahead with further relaxations of restrictions tmw

Why are the #JointBiosecurityCentre not sharing the science behind their decisions? coronavirus.data.gov.uk

“You can’t handle the truth!”

The number of new #COVID19 cases is over 1,000/day & UK has the highest death rate in the world among affected countries.

Yet the govt says it won’t be publishing the data & the media have largely chosen to ignore the reality.
#HerdImmunityScandal

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