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Sporting bodies made their own decisions & called off events. And the govt was forced to follow. The idea that we have to take as read their high-risk untested strategy based on unknown data followed by no other country is nuts. We must keep questioning

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The WHO says test, test, test. Watch the video below to learn how China managed the crisis. It tested, tested, tested. UK government policy is not to test. No other country on earth is managing this like ours. Why? Based on what data? What assumptions?
Even NHS is breaking ranks. This is my local surgery. It’s taken a unilateral decision to ban in-patient visits until after phone consultation. This is not following government advice but it’s balancing risks to staff & vulnerable patients in absence of govt leadership
On Weds, Cummings met with tech firms - including one which worked on Vote Leave. Cummings has refused to ever answer any qs, inc to parliament. My tweet upset some people who considered inappropriate. But understanding how central secrecy & subterfuge is to this govt is crucial
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Carole Cadwalladr
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If you are an MP, please take seriously your duty to scrutinise this bill today. We need to respond to this emergency. But we also need to carefully balance the threat to our civil rights from sweeping new powers to arrest, detain, surveil for next 2 years
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Why is it for 2 years? The government is not revealing information suggesting it believes this crisis will last 2 years. Why the discrepancy? And if it's not telling us stuff now, this bill will give it powers to tell us not much more stuff in the future.
I'm v concerned about how data will be used. What data will not be revealed to us - as is happening now. And what data will be taken from us - to surveil & monitor us. I'm keeping this v v measured but if you've followed me for last 3 years, you'll know the basis for my concerns
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Carole Cadwalladr
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Strange & unsettling to mark 2-year anniversary of Cambridge Analytica story today.

Surveillance, the state, its r'ship to tech companies, data. This is all going to be a *very* big deal. You need to read this. Sweeping new powers are on the way
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This bill will pass in next couple of days. Emergency powers to arrest & detain. Hugely expanded powers for govt for next 2 years. A lot about "national security". Nothing about data. But as @iandunt points out, it doesn't mean that it's not there..

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The decisions being made by govt right now are being made in darkness. Scientists don't have access to the data. There is no scrutiny, oversight or peer review. Nobody knows if there are errors, or biases, or what "behavioural" models are being used.
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Carole Cadwalladr
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"We have wasted 7 weeks. This crisis was entirely preventable" - Editor of The Lancet

The govt MUST release data/models/everything now. We need total transparency. Science is not science unless it's open to scrutiny. It is STILL not following @who advice. It is not testing. WHY?
The underlying data *MUST* be made public.

@who says test, test, test.

UK govt still not testing. Even frontline NHS staff exposed to virus/w' symptoms. Based on what data??

Imperial paper shows school closure wd reduce numbers. Govt says not. Where is the data??
Believe me when I say to you, you cannot trust this government to be open & transparent with data. That you cannot expect it to respect norms or even the law.

Trust can *only* come from transparency.

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