@peterjukes @BorisJohnson 1/. It was actually TEN days ago that @BorisJohnson first mentioned the ‘take in on the chin’ theory.
He told it to @Schofe & @hollywills on #ThisMorning on Thursday, 5 March.
A clip of him saying this was tweeted by @mvdct on the same day.
What happened next was remarkable...
He told it to @Schofe & @hollywills on #ThisMorning on Thursday, 5 March.
A clip of him saying this was tweeted by @mvdct on the same day.
What happened next was remarkable...
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct On Sunday evening, after a tip off from @CereinynOrd (follow her for #coronavirus), I tracked down the clip of the interview.
The clip beings with Boris saying: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go..."
The clip beings with Boris saying: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go..."
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd 3./ He goes on: "...& allow the disease, as it were, to move through the population, without taking as many draconian measures. I think we need to strike a balance."
To me there were two possible explanations for what Boris had said.
The second far more chilling than the first.
To me there were two possible explanations for what Boris had said.
The second far more chilling than the first.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd 4/. The first is that he was using it as a clever rhetorical device: a well rehearsed comeback to the obvious & inevitable question: "Why aren't the govt doing more?!!"
An accomplished debater in Eton & Oxford, #BorisJohnson would have been familiar with the "balance fallacy".
An accomplished debater in Eton & Oxford, #BorisJohnson would have been familiar with the "balance fallacy".
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd 5/. He uses his absurd theory to counterbalance what he calls "draconian measures" (banning big events, closing schools etc).
In order to persuade the public to accept a curfew, he might have said: "One theory is that we should round up people up & put them in internment camps."
In order to persuade the public to accept a curfew, he might have said: "One theory is that we should round up people up & put them in internment camps."
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd 6/. Pitting such a crazy theory against sensible calls e.g. banning big events like the #CheltenhamFestival (265,000 people) is a verbal sleight of hand. And it worked.
Had @afneil been interviewing, he wouldn't have let him get away with this.
But Phil & Holly nodded meekly.
Had @afneil been interviewing, he wouldn't have let him get away with this.
But Phil & Holly nodded meekly.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil 7/. In my view, the second possibility for Boris' #TakeItOnTheChin remarks was far more chilling.
It involved him having heard this theory from someone in his team (no prizes for guessing who!).
It might have been said in a Cobra meeting or over a few large whiskys in his club.
It involved him having heard this theory from someone in his team (no prizes for guessing who!).
It might have been said in a Cobra meeting or over a few large whiskys in his club.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil 8/. If this was case & Boris had blurted something he'd heard either in a bistro or in a scenario plotting session, it wouldn't come as a surprise.
After all, affable, tousled-haired Boris is always a little gaff prone.
Or is he?
(Read @JeremyVineOn5 reaction.life/jeremy-vine-my…)
After all, affable, tousled-haired Boris is always a little gaff prone.
Or is he?
(Read @JeremyVineOn5 reaction.life/jeremy-vine-my…)
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 9. Either way, this was an outrageous thing for a Prime Minister to say on national television at a time of nation crisis.
"Take it on the chin"!!?
Really!!?
NOT: "I hear your concerns, and I share your concerns"
OR: "We will fight this together & we will beat this together."
"Take it on the chin"!!?
Really!!?
NOT: "I hear your concerns, and I share your concerns"
OR: "We will fight this together & we will beat this together."
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 10/. So I tweeted the clip that @mvdct had posted together with the observation that: "This is a CRAZY theory."
At the time I tweeted it, the clip had been viewed 750 times.
36 hours later, it had had 2.5 million views!
But the backlash was growing.
At the time I tweeted it, the clip had been viewed 750 times.
36 hours later, it had had 2.5 million views!
But the backlash was growing.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 11/. Fortunately for me, most of the backlash was directed at the people who'd tweeted the clip with a claim that #BorisJohnson suggesting or in anyway advocating "taking it on the chin".
He'd been very careful with his words. He had merely posited the theory, not advocated it.
He'd been very careful with his words. He had merely posited the theory, not advocated it.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 12/. Claims that the clip had been edited were UNTRUE.
Claims that it was "out of context" weren't fair. It was a clip, not the entire interview.
The clip included the PM saying at the beginning "One theory..." & at the end "We need to strike a balance."
Claims that it was "out of context" weren't fair. It was a clip, not the entire interview.
The clip included the PM saying at the beginning "One theory..." & at the end "We need to strike a balance."
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 13/. I'd been amazed that after more than a week, not a single media outlet had reported that the PM had said "take it on the chin" on national TV.
I was more shocked that it didn't get coverage even after going viral.
But some media were quick to denounce it as #FakeNews.
I was more shocked that it didn't get coverage even after going viral.
But some media were quick to denounce it as #FakeNews.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 14/. "Fake news merchants on the cesspit that is Twitter are distributing a clip of the Prime Minister," screamed the Sun the next day beneath the headline: "Boris has been misrepresented by an out of context clip - and it must stop." #TakeItOnTheChin
thesun.co.uk/news/11142020/…
thesun.co.uk/news/11142020/…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 15/. Even @FullFact, weighed in.
“CLAIM: The advocated for the UK to take Covid-19 “on the chin” & allow the disease to spread through the population.
CONCLUSION: The PM had merely said this was a theory.”
The clip was ‘fake news’!
Anyone posting it was ‘a #fakenews merchant.’
“CLAIM: The advocated for the UK to take Covid-19 “on the chin” & allow the disease to spread through the population.
CONCLUSION: The PM had merely said this was a theory.”
The clip was ‘fake news’!
Anyone posting it was ‘a #fakenews merchant.’
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact 16/. Sections of the media had moved v swiftly to snuff out what was a growing viral story.
Of course it was wrong to claim the PM was advocating ‘taking it on the chin’!
This isn’t what the majority of people posting the clip were claiming.
But it was too late for discussion.
Of course it was wrong to claim the PM was advocating ‘taking it on the chin’!
This isn’t what the majority of people posting the clip were claiming.
But it was too late for discussion.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact 17/. Many of the people who'd posted the clip quite legitmately - including @mvdct whose original footage had 2.5+ million views - deleted the clip due to abuse they were receiving.
Some well-know satirists who I'd approached to use the clip all declined.
Some well-know satirists who I'd approached to use the clip all declined.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact So the story was quashed.
Branded "fake news".
Savaged on social media.
Ignored by MSM.
Then last Thursday, an unnamed govt source gave @peston the #HerdImmunity story which he wrote up.
Suddenly it was clear what Boris' "take it on the chin" comments had really been about.
Branded "fake news".
Savaged on social media.
Ignored by MSM.
Then last Thursday, an unnamed govt source gave @peston the #HerdImmunity story which he wrote up.
Suddenly it was clear what Boris' "take it on the chin" comments had really been about.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM 19./ It's been a long thread, but this is the "It was Rebekah Vardy's account" moment!
The govt had clearly been planning their #HerdImmunity strategy for weeks!
Perhaps the PM's week in Chevening country house during the floods, was the time that they had devised the strategy.
The govt had clearly been planning their #HerdImmunity strategy for weeks!
Perhaps the PM's week in Chevening country house during the floods, was the time that they had devised the strategy.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh 20/. Boris had done the #ThisMorning interview with the aim of floating the herd immunity theory.
His words, “to allow the virus to pass through the entire population", are identical to those used in @Peston's govt-briefed article a week later.
So why did the Sun cry #FakeNews?
His words, “to allow the virus to pass through the entire population", are identical to those used in @Peston's govt-briefed article a week later.
So why did the Sun cry #FakeNews?
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh 21/. It seems that no journalists - even the Murdoch press - had been briefed about the #Herd_Immunity theory.
That's why many leapt to the PM's defense when the #TakeItOnTheChin clip went viral.
"Of course this wasn't govt strategy!" they cried.
But it turned out that it was.
That's why many leapt to the PM's defense when the #TakeItOnTheChin clip went viral.
"Of course this wasn't govt strategy!" they cried.
But it turned out that it was.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh 22/. Why this matters so much is because time is of the absolute essence.
If the govt were considering going it alone with the #Herd_Immunity strategy weeks ago, they should have been transparent about it to allow proper scientific discussion & scrutiny.
If the govt were considering going it alone with the #Herd_Immunity strategy weeks ago, they should have been transparent about it to allow proper scientific discussion & scrutiny.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh 23/. After days of promoting #Herd_Immunity, @MattHancock, stated ystdy in the @Telegraph that "We have a plan...#Herd_Immunity is not a part of it."
Today, @grantshapps suggested the #coronavirus response of other countries was "populist" & unscientific.
Today, @grantshapps suggested the #coronavirus response of other countries was "populist" & unscientific.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps 24/. The worry is if - as it appears from this #THREAD - #herdimmunity is a strategy the govt has been developing for weeks, it is unlikely they have a plan B.
Even if they did, it might now be too late to implement.
In addition, a U-turn would further damage their credibility.
Even if they did, it might now be too late to implement.
In addition, a U-turn would further damage their credibility.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps 25/. In movies, when the planet is threatened by aliens, asteroids or global pandemics, we see beyond our differences & national borders & recognise our common humanity.
We also listen to the scientists.
#CoronavirusOutbreak #coronavirus #covid19 #COVID
We also listen to the scientists.
#CoronavirusOutbreak #coronavirus #covid19 #COVID
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps 26/. Has the govt quietly shifted their strategy away from #herdimmunity?
@whippletom (@thetimes) writes: “The team whose modelling estimates advised Cobra...modelled controlled spread & realised 250,000 would die. Now advise stronger intervention to suppress.” #coronavirusuk
@whippletom (@thetimes) writes: “The team whose modelling estimates advised Cobra...modelled controlled spread & realised 250,000 would die. Now advise stronger intervention to suppress.” #coronavirusuk
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes 27/. This is a graph from the corrected @imperialcollege #covidー19uk modelling.
The red line right at the bottom is the max number of ICU beds.
The black line at the top is the “do nothing” #herdimmunity trajectory we’ve been on until today.
#COVID2019 #coronavirus #Covid_19
The red line right at the bottom is the max number of ICU beds.
The black line at the top is the “do nothing” #herdimmunity trajectory we’ve been on until today.
#COVID2019 #coronavirus #Covid_19
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel 28/. “The govt’s modelling has changed” = govt speak for “we got it wrong”.
At times of national crisis, we need to come together.
But as shown today, it’s not those questioning govt strategy who are a danger. It’s those who failed to ask questions. #teleCovid_19 #coronavirus
At times of national crisis, we need to come together.
But as shown today, it’s not those questioning govt strategy who are a danger. It’s those who failed to ask questions. #teleCovid_19 #coronavirus
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @davidschneider @DavidLammy @RoryStewartUK 29/. Having spent weeks preparing #herdimmunity strategy, it is clear the govt had no Plan B & they are floundering.
NHS staff not tested or protected
Schools not shut
Community testing not yet reintroduced
Mixed messages on #SocialDistancing
#COVID19
google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.cnn.…
NHS staff not tested or protected
Schools not shut
Community testing not yet reintroduced
Mixed messages on #SocialDistancing
#COVID19
google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.cnn.…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @davidschneider @DavidLammy 30/. The @Telegraph ran a headline: “Those who question govt #coronavirus strategy are wrong & a danger to the rest of us.”
The #Herd_Immunity scandal shows it is actually those who FAIL to challenge govt who are a danger. #covid19UK #COVID19 #COVID2019
bylinetimes.com/2020/03/18/her…
The #Herd_Immunity scandal shows it is actually those who FAIL to challenge govt who are a danger. #covid19UK #COVID19 #COVID2019
bylinetimes.com/2020/03/18/her…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @davidschneider @DavidLammy 31/. When the full story of the #HerdImmunityScandal is written, the role of the govt-funded Behavioural Insights Team (‘Nudge Unit’) who reportedly lead on the #coronavirus response, will be key.
Here their head, David Halpern, explains #herdimmunity.
Here their head, David Halpern, explains #herdimmunity.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @davidschneider @DavidLammy 32/. David Halpern is not a scientist or a medical doctor.
His PhD is in political science.
The sub-heading of his book gives an insight into his philosophy & explains why the UK did SO little for SO long:
“How small changes can make big differences.” #coronavirus #covid19UK
His PhD is in political science.
The sub-heading of his book gives an insight into his philosophy & explains why the UK did SO little for SO long:
“How small changes can make big differences.” #coronavirus #covid19UK
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 33/. New critique of revised @imperialcollege disease modelling that steers UK #coronavirus policy.
It was revised only days ago when they realised their #herdimmunity strategy was wrong.
@yaneerbaryam & @nntaleb say it is based on “flawed assumptions.” necsi.edu/review-of-ferg…
It was revised only days ago when they realised their #herdimmunity strategy was wrong.
@yaneerbaryam & @nntaleb say it is based on “flawed assumptions.” necsi.edu/review-of-ferg…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @yaneerbaryam 34/. Had the govt done nothing, "the estimate is that half a million people would have died," @matthancock tells @NickFerrariLBC, omitting the fact that, until 5 days ago, doing nothing (the #herdimmunity strategy) was official govt #Covid19 policy! #COVID lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/cor…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @yaneerbaryam @NickFerrariLBC 35/. “In moments of crisis, real leaders stand up & make tough decisions.
2 weeks ago @BorisJohnson was jovially bragging talking about shaking hands with people with #coronavirus. 5 days later he was talking about #herdimmunity."
Gary Neville. Brilliant.
2 weeks ago @BorisJohnson was jovially bragging talking about shaking hands with people with #coronavirus. 5 days later he was talking about #herdimmunity."
Gary Neville. Brilliant.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @yaneerbaryam @NickFerrariLBC 36/. Finally the story that this #THREAD has been outlining since 5 March, is being verified.
The lethal ‘herd immunity without a vaccine’ strategy came from Dominic Cummings. #HereImmunityScandal #Covid_19 #covid19UK #covid #CoronaCrisisuk #coronavirus
The lethal ‘herd immunity without a vaccine’ strategy came from Dominic Cummings. #HereImmunityScandal #Covid_19 #covid19UK #covid #CoronaCrisisuk #coronavirus
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @yaneerbaryam @NickFerrariLBC 37/. It’s heart-rending to think of how many lives will be needlessly lost because of this.
Right now, Britain needs unity & sober leadership more than at any time in a generation.
The #HerdImmunityScandal is of such magnitude it can’t be ignored. But...
Right now, Britain needs unity & sober leadership more than at any time in a generation.
The #HerdImmunityScandal is of such magnitude it can’t be ignored. But...
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @yaneerbaryam @NickFerrariLBC 39/....we cannot allow our country to become still more divided.
The #CoronaCrisisuk poses a threat so great that it transcends political ideology.
During WWII, we had a govt of national unity. It is time to renew trust, bring talents together & create a #CrossPartyCoronaTeam.
The #CoronaCrisisuk poses a threat so great that it transcends political ideology.
During WWII, we had a govt of national unity. It is time to renew trust, bring talents together & create a #CrossPartyCoronaTeam.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 40/. INTERVIEW
PIERS: We know that #herdimunity was the strategy
@MattHancock: #Herd_Immunity has never been the strategy
@piersmorgan: Your own @uksciencechief said it was
MH: No he didn’t
[PLAYS AV]
VALLANCE: “build-up some degree of herd immunity”
PIERS: We know that #herdimunity was the strategy
@MattHancock: #Herd_Immunity has never been the strategy
@piersmorgan: Your own @uksciencechief said it was
MH: No he didn’t
[PLAYS AV]
VALLANCE: “build-up some degree of herd immunity”
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief 41/. "A bombshell report by Imperial College revealed the that govt's #herdimmunity policy could result in 500,000 deaths.
Boris Johnson did an immediate U-turn but pretended it was all part of his big masterplan to 'evolve the strategy as we need to.'"
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
Boris Johnson did an immediate U-turn but pretended it was all part of his big masterplan to 'evolve the strategy as we need to.'"
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief 42./ “[The govt] changed their approach from a #herdimmunity approach to a suppression approach about 10 days ago.” @Jeremy_Hunt contradicts @MattHancock on #Herd_Immunity.
Let that sink in.
The UK has ONLY been trying to suppress #Covid19 FOR 10 DAYS!
Let that sink in.
The UK has ONLY been trying to suppress #Covid19 FOR 10 DAYS!
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief 43./ Whilst @BorisJohnson now denies #HerdImmunity was ever policy, others lament the U-Turn.
“No.10 blinked, ditching herd immunity for an Imperial College research paper” says @telegraph!
But #Herd_Immunity was based on advice from the SAME scientists!
“No.10 blinked, ditching herd immunity for an Imperial College research paper” says @telegraph!
But #Herd_Immunity was based on advice from the SAME scientists!
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief 44/. What this article shows is that, not only was #herdimmunity govt policy, but some very influential people - possibly Cummings himself - are STILL advocating it!
It finishes: "Boris Johnson's choice is clear: back #herdimmunity or fall with the infirm herd of global elites."
It finishes: "Boris Johnson's choice is clear: back #herdimmunity or fall with the infirm herd of global elites."
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief @richardhorton1 45/. “They were looking at that concept [of doing NOTHING to combat #COVID19] in the UK, remember. It’s a concept if you don’t mind death, a lotta death.”
@realDonaldTrump on the #Herd_Immunity #TakeItOnTheChin #RideItOut strategy. #coronavirus #COVIDー19
@realDonaldTrump on the #Herd_Immunity #TakeItOnTheChin #RideItOut strategy. #coronavirus #COVIDー19
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief @richardhorton1 46/. @peterjukes writes: “I've tracked down Dominic Cummings interest in herd immunity back to 2013 & his 237 page-long paper “Some Thoughts on Education & Political Priorities”, which is fraught with pseudo evolutionary ideas about economics & modelling.”
bylinetimes.com/2020/04/03/the…
bylinetimes.com/2020/04/03/the…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief 47/. #HerdImmunity is “the policy that dare not speak its name.”
Despite what @MattHancock says, the government's policy is STILL herd immunity argues ex-WHO director @globalhlthtwit. #COVID2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus #Corona #CoronavirusPandemic
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Despite what @MattHancock says, the government's policy is STILL herd immunity argues ex-WHO director @globalhlthtwit. #COVID2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus #Corona #CoronavirusPandemic
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief 48/. "It's all rubbish. It's been rubbish from start to finish.”
Ystdy, @MattHancock said @realDonaldTrump & “the commentators & the media” who claim #HerdImmunity was ever part of govt strategy are “talking nonsense".
This evidence suggests otherwise.
Ystdy, @MattHancock said @realDonaldTrump & “the commentators & the media” who claim #HerdImmunity was ever part of govt strategy are “talking nonsense".
This evidence suggests otherwise.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief @realDonaldTrump 49/. The battle btw the #HerdImmunity camp & others is being most clearly played out in @Telegraph that went from saying “anyone criticising govt’s policy [Herd Immunity] was “putting everyone at risk” to OpEds calling for Hancock’s head & on PM to return to “original strategy.”
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @uksciencechief @realDonaldTrump @patel4witham 50/. Clear evidence that the govt are STILL pushing #HerdImmunity strategy.
HO’s deputy scientific adviser, Rupert Shute:
"We are working on the assessment that 80% of us, if we haven't already, will get the virus....We cannot hide away from it forever."
bbc.com/news/uk-522199…
HO’s deputy scientific adviser, Rupert Shute:
"We are working on the assessment that 80% of us, if we haven't already, will get the virus....We cannot hide away from it forever."
bbc.com/news/uk-522199…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 51/. In this interview with @Channel4News on 14 February, @neil_ferguson (Imperial College) told @mattfrei that up to 400,000 British people in the UK could die from #coronavirus.
Prof Ferguson is & has been one of the govt’s key advisers on #Corona19.
Prof Ferguson is & has been one of the govt’s key advisers on #Corona19.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @Channel4News @neil_ferguson @mattfrei 52/. Prof Ferguson’s modelling formed the basis of govt’s #HerdImmunity strategy.
Herd immunity without a vaccine is, by definition, not a preventative measure.
But even if they believed it was(!), it doesn’t explain the lack of PPE, tests & ventilators.
Herd immunity without a vaccine is, by definition, not a preventative measure.
But even if they believed it was(!), it doesn’t explain the lack of PPE, tests & ventilators.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @Channel4News @neil_ferguson @mattfrei 53/. As the UK #COVID19 death toll nears 10,000, it's important to ask whether those who led us into this situation are competent to get us out of it.
Is #HerdImmunity still part of govt policy?
Isn’t it time to get other experts👇around the top table?
Is #HerdImmunity still part of govt policy?
Isn’t it time to get other experts👇around the top table?
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @Channel4News @neil_ferguson 54. “The inclusion of ‘targeted herd immunity’ as a possible govt response to #Covid19 appears to contradict strong denials by @MattHancock 10 days earlier that it was any part of govt policy.”
“Targeted herd immunity” is a complete oxymoron. #coronavirus theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
“Targeted herd immunity” is a complete oxymoron. #coronavirus theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Baddiel @guardian @PeterStefanovi2 @Channel4News @neil_ferguson 55/. Leaked documents reveal US big data firm Palantir & AI company Faculty are helping build an "unprecedented" patient database & that the govt apparently used Palantir’s & NHS patient data to model #HerdImmunity a week after policy supposedly dropped.
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran 56/. Vallance - a friend & close ally of Cummings - claims govt were never pursuing a policy of #herdimmunity.
This contradicts @peston’s senior govt source, @Jeremy_Hunt, David Halpern, @realDonaldTrump & almost every newspaper including @Telegraph @guardian @ForeignPolicy etc.
This contradicts @peston’s senior govt source, @Jeremy_Hunt, David Halpern, @realDonaldTrump & almost every newspaper including @Telegraph @guardian @ForeignPolicy etc.
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Jeremy_Hunt @realDonaldTrump @guardian @ForeignPolicy 58/. “If 70% of your population has #Covid19, it is by definition not prevention. The nonsense that you can reach that 70% by just infecting younger people is simply absurd. You’d have clusters of older people with no immunity at all.” (Gideon Meyerowitz)
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Jeremy_Hunt @realDonaldTrump @guardian @ForeignPolicy 59/. “When you say you’re following the science, you’re taking the advice of the group of scientists advising you, but that group needs to be expanded.” @doctorshaib
“The govt haven't even published all the names of the SAGE committee.” @AllysonPollock
“The govt haven't even published all the names of the SAGE committee.” @AllysonPollock
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Jeremy_Hunt @realDonaldTrump @guardian @ForeignPolicy @doctorshaib 60/. On 3 Feb, @BorisJohnson made this speech in Greenwich.
“There’s a risk that new diseases such as #coronavirus will trigger a panic & a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.” #COVID19
“There’s a risk that new diseases such as #coronavirus will trigger a panic & a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.” #COVID19
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Jeremy_Hunt @realDonaldTrump @guardian @ForeignPolicy @doctorshaib For the full speech visit
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Jeremy_Hunt @realDonaldTrump @guardian @ForeignPolicy @doctorshaib Here is the full transcript of the Prime Minister’s Greenwich speech on 3 February. Thanks to @seeds_we_sow for the tip off. gov.uk/government/spe…
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd @afneil @JeremyVineOn5 @FullFact @Peston @JIMrichards1010 @astroehlein @clmazin @paulwaugh @IanDunt @Keir_Starmer @C4Ciaran @jonsnowC4 @cathynewman @AndyBurnhamGM @ronanburtenshaw @eddieizzard @bbclaurak @NickyAACampbell @ThatTimWalker @markaustintv @MrMarkBeaumont @MrMichaelSpicer @PaulLewis @HackedOffHugh @MattHancock @Telegraph @grantshapps @whippletom @thetimes @imperialcollege @MollyJongFast @mehdirhasan @johnpilger @ggreenwald @piersmorgan @GaryLineker @robdelaney @caitlinmoran @Jeremy_Hunt @realDonaldTrump @guardian @ForeignPolicy @doctorshaib @seeds_we_sow Clearer video. PM speaking 3/2/20.
“There is a risk that new diseases such as #coronavirus will trigger a panic & a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.” #COVID19
“There is a risk that new diseases such as #coronavirus will trigger a panic & a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real & unnecessary economic damage.” #COVID19
