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Is... is Mr Motivator giving Coronavirus advice on #r4today?
In centuries to come, archaeologists digging through the embers of our civilisation will happen across this interview and conclude, not without justification, that Mr Motivator was the man who led us out of our darkest hour.
I don’t mean for this to sound cynical, btw. This interview is genuinely motivational. It’s the most uplifting thing I’ve heard in weeks*.

*Mellow Magic FM excepted.
He’s not the hero we deserve. But he’s the hero we need right now.

#r4today
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Left: @RobertBuckland today advising that due to “the govt’s advice on social distancing” he is cancelling his surgery.

Right: Mr Buckland just now telling us that three quarters of Crown Court trials have to continue as normal in our filthy unsanitary courts.
For the uninitiated, this means dozens of jurors drawn from a wide geographical area, squashed in a tiny room for hours on end every day, mingling with court staff who mingle with witnesses and defendants and judges and barristers. In buildings lacking soap and ventilation.
By insisting that short trials proceed as “normal”, @RobertBuckland is ensuring the highest possible turnover of trials, and therefore of people mixing with each other, in the shortest space of time.

Not a shred of an explanation as to how this fits with the government’s advice.
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The Secret Barrister
@BarristerSecret
FREE LEGAL ADVICE:

If you want to escape to a happier world untouched by global pandemics and blessed with acoustic classics from the gentle to the soaring, Mellow Magic FM is where you should go.

Thank me later.
EVIDENCE: Mellow Magic FM a short while ago played Fire and Rain by James Taylor.

QED.
ALSO: The Power of Love by Jennifer Rush.

Seriously. Mellow Magic FM is now my bunker for the next 18 months. Join me.
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Given the current climate, it remains both inconceivable and all too believable that @HMCTSgovuk are still providing filthy bathrooms devoid of hot water, soap and paper towels for use by the public and legal professionals at our courts.
A court I was at last week had puddles of toilet fluid all over the floor, spreading across all cubicles. The soap dispenser was empty all week. The water was icy cold.

Given that we spend our days in tiny court conference rooms with multiple strangers, this is a disgrace.
Perhaps instead of spending their time briefing the media that they are too tough to consider the early release of low-risk prisoners to tackle the virus spread, the MoJ could focus on making courts fit for human use.
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I worked with my narrative writing students at @Cronkite_ASU to create a list of remote reporting strategies. Sharing the list here; hope it helps journalists and # journalism students out there in these unusual times. 1/
Ask your character(s) to connect to you via a video chat app (@zoom_us, FaceTime, @WhatsApp) and go beyond interviewing. Ask about the objects on the wall behind him/her. Personal items can be used as part of descriptive details that help paint a picture of person to audience 2/
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Read the full thread below for more details on our social distancing advice.

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Spoke to ED doc in NY metro area today

Pt he saw today w/fevers chills. recent travel to Venice

Influenza swab negative

What to do next?

Confusion, calls to county health dept

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We need POC #COVID19 test NOW
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If this pt discharged home does have #coronavirus which wasn’t screened for, vulnerable populations may be exposed
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Today's UN noon briefing Inner City Press was banned from for 598th day by corrupt UNSG @AntonioGuterres took only 5 minutes. Inner City Press sent 10 Qs, on China, Camerooon, Togo, Kurds, Nepal, Coronavirus & UN corruption - no answers, stakeout to come. Thread
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EVent Horizon
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Think someone is lying to you?

First check to see if they bothered to add any variability whatsoever in the model they are using to supposedly report actual numbers from a complex system.

#coronavirus
The mortality rate they want you to report is the - 0 day rate: Today's Confirmed Death total minus Today's Confirmed Case total.

This has not varied outside of 1/10th of 1% in the last 5 prints.

#coronavirus
But even a minor adjustment of a few days in the mortality rate paints an entirely different picture

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