Devutopia Profile picture
16 Jan, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Thread with today’s Winston Smith news update
- the borders have not been shut
- there have not been 3 million vaccinations
- the schools are not shut
(1 of 5)
2/ the borders AREN’T shut as the newspaper headlines shout.

People can still travel to the UK. They simply have to self isolate for two weeks once they’ve arrived here. The isolation is entirely unpoliced.
3/ there have NOT 3 million+ vaccinations

A vaccination, ie full protection, from the current vaccines needs two shots. So far only around 400,000 people have been vaccinated, ie had both shots. The rest have only had one shot.
4/ schools are NOT shut

Schools are open with teachers preparing and delivering online learning. More than that physical attendance is going on in many schools, 34% have more than a third of pupils attending.
5/ Winston Smith, is the main character in Orwell’s 1984. He worked at the Ministry of Truth rewriting history and creating fake news to make the government always look good and always right.
In our reality the people working in mainstream media do the same job as Smith.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Devutopia

Devutopia Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @D_Raval

9 Jan
1/5 - Most of the media are pushing the Government line that Lockdown 3 isn't working well as Lockdown 1 because of our behaviour. What they don't make clear is that this Lockdown is weaker than the first one..
2/ The key differences are:
- the definition of key worker has been expanded to Lockdown 1 so that children who do not have a laptop or broadband access can go to work
- nurseries are open they weren't in Lockdown 1
3/ All the data shows that the pandemic is now worse than it was in Lockdown 1 yet the Government have chosen a weaker form of Lockdown (media people please note their choice)..
Read 5 tweets
8 Jan
1/8) Media coverage of #COVID19

When the BBC cover #COVID19 in the US. They rightly point out Trump's role in their tragedy. They call out his mistakes and when he lies they say something like "there is no evidence of that". ImageImageImage
2/ Yet when they cover the UK, it's like spread of the virus is some purely random thing. They never call out Johnson and the Government's mistakes the way they do Trump. They not only let their lies go free without a "there's no evidence of that" tag, they
3/ repeat them, without qualification or fact checking. Sky and ITV do this too. Why can't they cover COVID here the way they did in the US, Italy etc?

They also do not give adequate coverage of the alternatives to the Government's approach, for instance
Read 8 tweets
7 Jan
A lot happens with #COVID19 everyday, some of it gets lost with everything else going on or just doesn't get covered. I'll try to do a regular (hopefully daily) Thread spotlighting important updates and insights I've come across.
Check out the updates below..
1 of 7 Image
2/ The UK is currently the most infected country in the world per capita
independent.co.uk/news/uk/covid-…
3/ Will #lockdown work? If not what else do we need to do?
Excellent Thread by @chrischirp with some suggestions to make lockdown work.
Read 7 tweets
1 Jan
The Tory COVID Shambles

We didn't get to the bad place where we are on COVID by accident or luck, government mistake after mistake has got us here. This is my video look back on the road to here.
Not exhaustive, hopefully a record to spark your own memories..
(Thread 1/11)
2/ The first few months (from May 2020)

This clip from US news channel, CNN gives a summary of the first few months. We didn't then and haven't since seen anything like it on the BBC, Sky or ITV
3/ The first few months, December 2019 to May 2020 Detailed

A timeline of some of the key moments from the first few months of the pandemic. They got us to highest death toll in Europe in May.
(Based on a Thread by @imajsaclaimant )
Read 11 tweets
30 Dec 20
No more Tiers? (Thread 1/11)
We've all seen the latest #COVID19 graphs showing the rate of infection spiralling upwards. The hospital admissions chart is the most scary, the level is now as high as the start of pandemic. So, it's clear the Tiers system isn't working..
2/ The Tiers haven't slowed the spread let alone cut it the way the first lockdown effectively did. Yet the government is still carrying on with Tiers despite it being obvious they're not working as Prof @chrischirp explains here..
3/ There urgently needs to be another, different approach, something that makes the graphs go down. It will be months at best, a year at worst before the vaccination programme will make an impact. Until then a growing infection rate risks more deaths and an overloading of..
Read 12 tweets
29 Dec 20
1/ Memory test - do you remember..
- Dyson ventilators?
- Nightingale hospitals?
- Putting "a ring around care homes" to keep them safe?
- The "world beating" test and trace app?
- Laptops for all the kids who don't have one to school at home?
2/
- The instant testing "moonshot"?
- The volunteer army?
- Some sort of programme to help abuse victims during COVID?

Depending on how you look at them these are either distractions or failures of the Tories during the pandemic. They were typically..
3/ launched at a press conference to distract from bad news on the battle against COVID. They either never took off or failed spectacularly. They're exactly the sort of tactic I expect from Tories. This is what a government does when it is failing..
Read 12 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!