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9 Jan, 7 tweets, 3 min read
Another excellent @BylineTimes article highlighting the dangerous ideology of the Covid19 denialists -
- who it seems have now taken to pushing their dangerous propaganda via a leaflet (see article) now being posted through letterboxes in Southeast England
bylinetimes.com/2021/01/07/wer…
2/ In this leaflet titled “Back To Normal” 🤦‍♀️ the Covid denialists twist facts to support their dangerous “herd immunity” theory.

They quote Sweden as a success story - a Royal Society of Medicine article differs - @toadmeister take note.

rsm.ac.uk/media-releases…
3/ Royal Society of Medicine

Covid19: herd immunity in Sweden fails to materialise
12 Aug 2020

Sweden’s policy of allowing the controlled spread of Covid19 viral infection among the population has so far failed to deliver the country’s previously stated goal of herd immunity...
4/ Commenting on recent antibody testing clinical and research findings, authors of a paper published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine....
5/ ...write that Sweden’s higher rates of viral infection, hospitalisation and mortality compared with neighbouring countries may have serious implications for Scandinavia and beyond.
Article below on Covid & herd immunity in Sweden makes for interesting reading

How herd immunity & personal responsibility went disastrously wrong in Sweden

@toadmeister @JuliaHB1 @davidkurten take note.Your actions are putting the British public at risk
rsm.ac.uk/media-releases…
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@BorisJohnson gaslighting dither & delay Government helped create conditions for the new covid strain to emerge

1/ When it became clear that schoolchildren were likely contributing significantly to the spread of the virus, his Government denied & issued legal threats to schools
2/ Scientists issued repeated warnings that allowing households to mix during Xmas would lead to a surge in cases.

@BorisJohnson Government refused to heed that advice, U-turned predictably days before Xmas, causing chaos to people’s plans, with crowded scenes at train stations.
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Sadly, but very avoidably, this is exactly what @BorisJohnson Government has provided.
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MAJOR FAILURE OF COVID RELATED SERVICES AT UK BORDERS

Nearly 2 million passengers entered UK June to September 2020.

Launched by the Home Secretary, run by 2 private firms, the Isolation Assurance Service only made contact with 3.5% (66,800) to ensure they were isolating🤦‍♀️
2/ The Government’s half-hearted, privatised approach to critical COVID-related services also extending to virus control at Britain’s borders by the IAS appears to have failed to ensure self-isolation by international travellers.
Source: Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020
3/ When launching the IAS in June, Home Secretary Priti Patel said Public Health England (PHE) would “undertake checks and ensure that people understand and are following the rules”....
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DISABILITY BENEFITS
CREDIT CRUNCH
Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020

1/ DWP continues its disgusting campaign of discrimination some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Govt is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of disabled people.
DISABILITY BENEFITS
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2/ The Government is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of severely disabled people, who have already been left £60 a month worse off after moving to universal credit (UC).
3/ Initially they (severely disabled) faced losing all of their old “severe disability premium” payments of around £180 under the previous system when they were switched to the much-criticised UC....
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17 Dec 20
@BorisJohnson fails to “take back control” for Britain’s fishing communities.

1/ With the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 Jan 2020 fast approaching, Britain’s fishermen face possible ruin as Johnson’s Govt fails to negotiate new fishing quotas with Norway.
2/ With much fanfare surrounding UK’s first fishing deal as an “independent coastal state” with Norway, there is currently no legal basis for UK Fisheries’ distant-waters vessels to fish cod from the end of this year.
3/ Meanwhile, the Norwegians, under their present fishing deal with the European Union, will continue to be able to fish for Arctic cod in the North Sea – bringing it ashore to the UK.
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Safety Secrets.
Private Eye 4-18 Dec 2020.

1/ With Covid-19 deaths in care homes rising disastrously, according to latest available figures, the Govt’s policy on discharging hospital patients is again under scrutiny.
2/ Virus-positive patients are meant to be sent to local authority “designated” homes or settings, rated by the CQC as “good” or “outstanding” & “Covid-19 assured”. This means they meet 8 criteria to prevent & control infection, to protect visitors, staff & patients.
3/ But neither CQC nor the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) will reveal which homes are on the designated list - despite a clear public interest to do so....
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18 Nov 20
benefitsandwork.co.uk

New inquest for Jodey Whiting moves closer

16 November 2020

1/ The mother of disabled claimant Jodey Whiting, who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped, has won the right to ask the High Court to order a new inquest into her death.
2/ @benefitsandwork

Jodey died in February 2017. Her ESA had been stopped after she failed to attend a work capability assessment.

Jodey had been seriously ill with pneumonia, had been receiving treatment for a cyst on the brain and was taking strong painkillers.
3/ @benefitsandwork

Nonetheless, she had been refused a home assessment for her ESA and failed to open the appointment letter for a WCA at an assessment centre.

As a result, her benefits were stopped.
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