Thread by @atatimelikethis

😷1
#Covid19. Time to get serious. We've repeated the same mistakes. And have no more cash.

"WHERE ON EARTH DO WE GO FROM HERE" thread

Credentials and Sources at the end

Why should you care?
Our infection rate has passed our previous peak

You know how this graph works right?

😷2. This will cover.

A) An honest assessment of what we're facing and why

B) what we should do, as balanced as I can be protecting life first and then economy.

C) what's dangerous nonsense, conspiracy or proper psychopathy.

😷A3
What we are experiencing is an uncontrolled exponential viral growth of the same nature as the one we faced in March.

There are no material differences to March and there are no citizens who are particularly to blame for creating this growth surge.

😷A4. The growth has been widely trailed, modelled and predicted since June, it is not a surprise and it is not a Second Wave.

It is exactly the same virus we faced previously. In fact for Mr #Covid19 it is, essentially, still late March.

A5😷 Attempts to characterise the resurgence of the virus as the fault of any group or behaviour for political gain are in my opinion psychologically bankrupt. Setting groups against each other is the last thing we need. Compliance is poor because we lost cohesion post Cummings

😷A6 The simple fact is we are following the same disease with the same progression. We switched it off with lock down and the moment we ended lockdown unprepared, it picked up exactly where it left off.

Unprepared means lacking the TT&T AND control systems required.

😷A7 Suffice as to say I find it deplorable that political disinformation would be used to misdirect cause and effect in the middle of a Pandemic.

The situation is terrible enough without hiding problems. People will and have died as a result.

That behaviour must end here.

That's A.
We're in trouble.
AND it's infinitely worse if we also have divide and conquer politicss

While I've been writing this a very long debate has broken out on the difficulty of simplifying viral statistics See A1
It gets to here
We're in trouble.

Let's solve trouble⏬
B

🛤️B1
How the hell to rescue politicians from repeating mistakes. That's the most significant problem.

But I'm going to have to come at it backwards because if this becomes partisan it will fail. A second time. And then a third...

So pretend with me they're not there.

🛤️B2

You are the new UK Imperious Ruler.

The people are unruly
Faith in leaders ~ 0
They believe almost nothing you say
Yet you need them to help
Because the virus is growing
And you don't have the tools to stop it
And no more £ to buy time

Congratulations.
Lady/Lord Realist

🛤️B3
This is what you're going to do.
1. Recover faith and confidence in leaders
2. Use the infinite resources we didn't know we had available
3. Keep the economy going and then get it almost stable
4. Take a shot at killing the virus altogether.

Ludicrous eh?
Gotta have a goal

🛤️B4
We have no time. But take the time to learn Imperious Ruler (IR). You need a broad virology education in a week.

Normally we don't specialise politicians.
This isn't normal.

Then cut everything from your Calender.

EVERYTHING. Imagine you're at war.

You are at war.

🛤️B5

You're going to level with the people.

And I mean level.

Everything.
Including the dirty nasty errors.

Then the schools will teach it in real time.

And you'll publically request the media fact check and publish it regularly as a reminder.

🛤️B6
You'll explain how we actively worsend phase 1 by leaving airports unchecked.

You will explain even after this we still ignored warnings causing more deaths and worsening lockdown

You'll explain PPE supply, NHS preparedness and Care homes and how all those deaths happened.

🛤️B7 You'll explain why and how our original world-beating Test Track and Trace system was dismantled deliberately and how that left us defenceless.

You'll explain how time was bought by lockdown to create a new TT&T and why that has failed so horribly.

🛤️B8
You will in the simplest of terms systematically take apart and ruthlessly destroy the most dangerous Chernobyl level bad idea conspiracy theories. (Section C)

You'll do this to show the people how they are not to blame, but they are in deep doo doo if they don't help out.

🛤️B9 You won't threaten, or blame and you definitely won't lie.
You'll look them in the eyes because it's war.

And then you'll explain how we win the war

And not immediately but over time, you'll recover sufficient trust to pull off the plan

Because you'll actually have a plan

🛤️B10
Welcome to the New Deal.

The New Deal talks to adults.

In war we do NOT try to get back to a life that was. That's a child's story.

In war,
first we survive the onslaught,
then we train and arm,
then we fight to win at all cost
IF we win, then we can build a new life

🛤️B11
In war never spin defeat as victory or deny your weaknesses.

Such talk erodes the trust of the troops. You're naive, uninformed, dangerous

In war Gift Hope.
If you fail, then celebrate others' battles against Covid19. Show HOW it's possible to win
Show if THEY can WE can

🛤️B12
Lead.

Why did you study?
Can't fake it in war

1. Generals with no plan? Troops are already dead before the fight

2. Half commit full defeat

3. The most potent part of any weapon is its supply chain.

You can't "enthuse" to victory.

Credibility
Experience
A clear plan

🛤️B13

Your honesty with people has bought an immediate improvement in compliance.

#Covidiot rate is at an all-time low.

But you've also won

1. Credibility
2. Time
3. Understanding
4. Volunteers

Let's use those.

🛤️B14 THE PLAN

UK TOTAL COVID WAR

BEACHEAD Complete Viral Suppression

FINAL VICTORY CONDITION Viral Elimination

PRIMARY WEAPONS Test Track and Trace

QUARANTINE SUPPORT
Hotels and Event Centres

TROOP SUPPLY
(Voluntary)
The Local Service

RULE COMPLIANCE
Obligatory

(Aside)

The words "What the British People will/will not accept"

And any variant of

"We don't do the most important things to save human life and rescue the economy because we 'like freedom' "

are never mentioned again.

Talk about snowflake.

(Continues)

🛤️B15

This is total war, so we do it seriously & undistracted

New Deal 5

1. You've done ✅
Faith, confidence, trust
2. You've done ✅
Identified the right task [no TT&T means no focus for suppression and quarantine]

TO DO

3. Cohesion

4. Real TT&T

5. Real Quarantine

🛤️B16

3. COHESION.

Furlough❌
Until 2020 it was time off from prison or service. It's derived from German for Holiday.

Half the country who want to work you're paying to stay home.
While those who must work get little help or thanks.

50 + 50 = 100% resentment

Are you thick?

The Service

This is war, we're on a war footing, yet the most precious resources we have are laid off or resentful and overworked.

We're Building The Service
Unlike NHS volunteers we'll actually use it
And unlike Marshalls, it won't be Cummings' Brownshirts.

Carrot. Not stick

(Aside)

The Cummings' BrownshiRts was a prod, but it was also serious.

If you want to harp on about what British People will or will not accept then employ tin pot bureaucrats to peep through windows and snitch to the top of the list.

Seriously. Are you thick?

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