Suddenly #PublicHealth England is replaced by something you've never heard of?
Odd? Not reviewed by Parliament?
I hate to be the one who says it's just more corrupt political misdirection.
Even the target.
This is about SAGE, data suppression and excusing failed politicians.
Odd? Not reviewed by Parliament?
I hate to be the one who says it's just more corrupt political misdirection.
Even the target.
This is about SAGE, data suppression and excusing failed politicians.
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I've talked about this since May, but it was obscure then.
More need to learn about THE JBC. Please help by retweeting this.
Whatever your politics, we've all now lived through these serial failures⬇️ So anyone should question any new "plan" announced.
They can't plan.
I've talked about this since May, but it was obscure then.
More need to learn about THE JBC. Please help by retweeting this.
Whatever your politics, we've all now lived through these serial failures⬇️ So anyone should question any new "plan" announced.
They can't plan.
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Eh? JBC??
What is the Joint Bio-Security Centre? [JBC not JBSC]
This is the summary:
JBC will bring together experts on diseases (epidemiologists) with others from across Government to give ministers, [via the CMO], joined-up advice on decisions about managing disease⏬
Eh? JBC??
What is the Joint Bio-Security Centre? [JBC not JBSC]
This is the summary:
JBC will bring together experts on diseases (epidemiologists) with others from across Government to give ministers, [via the CMO], joined-up advice on decisions about managing disease⏬
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So that's odd, your next question is?
EITHER
a) Why are the headlines about Public Health England?
To which the answer is, "great question".
PHE is NOT the body that brings together expertise to help Government, it's a broad body that in this area mostly reacts.
So that's odd, your next question is?
EITHER
a) Why are the headlines about Public Health England?
To which the answer is, "great question".
PHE is NOT the body that brings together expertise to help Government, it's a broad body that in this area mostly reacts.
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OR
b) Why are the headlines NOT about SAGE? (or NERVTAG)
To which the answer is, "great question".
But since we've all now had an eye test by looking into the honesty of JohnsonGov communications you can guess, something else is going on and this is a HUGE...GasLight
OR
b) Why are the headlines NOT about SAGE? (or NERVTAG)
To which the answer is, "great question".
But since we've all now had an eye test by looking into the honesty of JohnsonGov communications you can guess, something else is going on and this is a HUGE...GasLight
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Q. Do you have evidence for your bold conspiratorial claim?
A. Other than your last 6 months as an eye witness?
Yes, a little. Proving why PM Cummings takes a decision is hard without being in the room. But we can look at context and case history. Here goes.
Q. Do you have evidence for your bold conspiratorial claim?
A. Other than your last 6 months as an eye witness?
Yes, a little. Proving why PM Cummings takes a decision is hard without being in the room. But we can look at context and case history. Here goes.
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The most damage from the last 6 months is the human lives lost.
But most dangerous for the future is a victory of LIES over TRUTH.
From following science
To eliminating any scientific commentary.
From clear science-based communication
To messy nonsense.
The most damage from the last 6 months is the human lives lost.
But most dangerous for the future is a victory of LIES over TRUTH.
From following science
To eliminating any scientific commentary.
From clear science-based communication
To messy nonsense.
📰🦠7 Proof - count the number of scientists reporting to you each week from March to August. Absolute appearances [~9->0], or as a % of formal Government press conferences [~50% -> 3%].
They have been eliminated, almost completely. Silenced
Like a night of the long knives...
They have been eliminated, almost completely. Silenced
Like a night of the long knives...
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Must I prove messy communications to you? Then
1. You missed the virus
2. You don't know any kids with A-Levels
3. You haven't been trapped abroad
4. You were in Bournemouth on the beach
5. For you a Care Homes is one you'd care to buy
6. Testing what exactly?
Must I prove messy communications to you? Then
1. You missed the virus
2. You don't know any kids with A-Levels
3. You haven't been trapped abroad
4. You were in Bournemouth on the beach
5. For you a Care Homes is one you'd care to buy
6. Testing what exactly?
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CONTEXT - we should be concerned
Scientists helped the credibility and believability of communications*.
Removing them hurt both, albeit we also had the Cummings Effect eye test.
(*I have some severe reservations about the 'science' but the test here is comparative.)
CONTEXT - we should be concerned
Scientists helped the credibility and believability of communications*.
Removing them hurt both, albeit we also had the Cummings Effect eye test.
(*I have some severe reservations about the 'science' but the test here is comparative.)
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What do YOU do with that experience
We don't have a survey but - anecdotally people say
1. Separate Scientists from Gov
2. Have Scientists report Data and Facts
3. Have Politicians communicate policy and progress
[A bit like how we cracked down on bank insider trading!]
What do YOU do with that experience
We don't have a survey but - anecdotally people say
1. Separate Scientists from Gov
2. Have Scientists report Data and Facts
3. Have Politicians communicate policy and progress
[A bit like how we cracked down on bank insider trading!]
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So scientists helped transparency
And transparency helped reduce death.
Can anyone cite any credible data that shows that reducing scientific independence or transparency is good for data openness, accountability, viral research?
I found none, and I looked back to 1945
So scientists helped transparency
And transparency helped reduce death.
Can anyone cite any credible data that shows that reducing scientific independence or transparency is good for data openness, accountability, viral research?
I found none, and I looked back to 1945
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CASE HISTORY
How does this Government compare in terms of data transparency and reporting?
How honestly do they report, for example, what should be uncontroversial public data - UK Trade?
Or how our plan for "non-EU" Growth was based on China and is now, "unreliable"
CASE HISTORY
How does this Government compare in terms of data transparency and reporting?
How honestly do they report, for example, what should be uncontroversial public data - UK Trade?
Or how our plan for "non-EU" Growth was based on China and is now, "unreliable"
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or that we're now so corrupt, for the first time in our history, we're not in top 10 least corrupt countries?
[transparency.org/en/countries/u…]
Or Freedom of Information rejections from UKGov are at an all-time high. 75% are rejected or doctored [democraticaudit.com/2018/11/08/how…]
or that we're now so corrupt, for the first time in our history, we're not in top 10 least corrupt countries?
[transparency.org/en/countries/u…]
Or Freedom of Information rejections from UKGov are at an all-time high. 75% are rejected or doctored [democraticaudit.com/2018/11/08/how…]
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An area Mr Cummings leads? Reform of the Civil Service. Is he approaching this by shining a light of truth into all corners for everyone to see?
Is he publishing data so Civil Service cannot secretly backpedal from his reforms?
No. UK has gone from open -> 🔐
An area Mr Cummings leads? Reform of the Civil Service. Is he approaching this by shining a light of truth into all corners for everyone to see?
Is he publishing data so Civil Service cannot secretly backpedal from his reforms?
No. UK has gone from open -> 🔐
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The BIG one. Democracy depends on data being scrutinised by Journalists or/and Citizens. Positively this catches errors - it's healthy.
Constructively, suppressing data is what you see in Fascist or Communist regimes.
On this, we've gone from best to worst.
The BIG one. Democracy depends on data being scrutinised by Journalists or/and Citizens. Positively this catches errors - it's healthy.
Constructively, suppressing data is what you see in Fascist or Communist regimes.
On this, we've gone from best to worst.
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Q. OK, you say, important, but what does it have to do with PHE or JBC?
A. There's a Gov Department you may not know. Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC)
Let me put them side by side with JBC
What? you can't understand anything from a wall of text? Next Tweet
Q. OK, you say, important, but what does it have to do with PHE or JBC?
A. There's a Gov Department you may not know. Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC)
Let me put them side by side with JBC
What? you can't understand anything from a wall of text? Next Tweet
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Did we go fascist?
I gave the list, so you can see that this isn't a biased representation of the roles of the departments and to see the vast change versus SAGE.
The Government seems to have learned the opposite lesson from #Covid19 to you and me.
Cover Up Everything
Did we go fascist?
I gave the list, so you can see that this isn't a biased representation of the roles of the departments and to see the vast change versus SAGE.
The Government seems to have learned the opposite lesson from #Covid19 to you and me.
Cover Up Everything
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On the data from these two descriptions, you know immediately that the result of this is:
1. A reduction in independent oversight
2. A reduction in data availability
3. No data scrutiny (Remember Leicester who didn't get data? Or misreporting of test results)
On the data from these two descriptions, you know immediately that the result of this is:
1. A reduction in independent oversight
2. A reduction in data availability
3. No data scrutiny (Remember Leicester who didn't get data? Or misreporting of test results)
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But if you've been studying our response to #Covid19 this is significantly more disturbing.
You'll know for example it was only the actions of Prof Ferguson and the availability of public data that stopped UK becoming a US scale disaster. []
But if you've been studying our response to #Covid19 this is significantly more disturbing.
You'll know for example it was only the actions of Prof Ferguson and the availability of public data that stopped UK becoming a US scale disaster. []
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You'll know that almost no preparation was undertaken prior to March 11th, that the Government's first significant PPE orders were taken in April and their portal didn't open till May
You'll know that test data was suppressed and then misreported
or simply deleted
You'll know that almost no preparation was undertaken prior to March 11th, that the Government's first significant PPE orders were taken in April and their portal didn't open till May
You'll know that test data was suppressed and then misreported
or simply deleted
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And you'll know that international comparisons were suddenly dropped when they showed, inconveniently, how poorly we'd done.
Who could possibly answer than British Democracy and our people then benefit from more suppression of data and secrecy by the people who did that?
And you'll know that international comparisons were suddenly dropped when they showed, inconveniently, how poorly we'd done.
Who could possibly answer than British Democracy and our people then benefit from more suppression of data and secrecy by the people who did that?
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But of course, the saddest thing is that same Government spent months doing nothing about #Covid19 despite warnings from scientists and international bodies. And that led to thousands of deaths and billions of pounds spent, all unnecessarily.⏬
But of course, the saddest thing is that same Government spent months doing nothing about #Covid19 despite warnings from scientists and international bodies. And that led to thousands of deaths and billions of pounds spent, all unnecessarily.⏬
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Let's say I'm cynical and uninformed. The Government can announce JBC like this:
"JBC is a public body, independent of Government. In the event of another pandemic, it will provide impartial data and scrutiny of UK Gov activities to create public confidence"
Let's say I'm cynical and uninformed. The Government can announce JBC like this:
"JBC is a public body, independent of Government. In the event of another pandemic, it will provide impartial data and scrutiny of UK Gov activities to create public confidence"
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I try my best but it's people like you reading, commenting and retweeting that change things.
Modern democracies act transparently and release data to ensure scrutiny. They are accountable.
Democracies die in the darkness of data suppression.
We ended all that in 1945.
I try my best but it's people like you reading, commenting and retweeting that change things.
Modern democracies act transparently and release data to ensure scrutiny. They are accountable.
Democracies die in the darkness of data suppression.
We ended all that in 1945.
