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29 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
1./ Just how dumb is Emmanuel Macron? Today the French leader talked all tough about controlling vaccine exports while dissing a newly authorised vaccine as "quasi-ineffective". This isn't the first time he's played fast and loose with the truth. theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
2./ I know we Brits love to poke fun at bumbling Boris. But did BoJo ever ignore his medical advisors and instead meet with a nutjob rebel doctor who was proclaiming the benefits of hydrochloroquine, Trump's magical cure? Macron did. 👇politico.eu/article/macron…
3./ Didier Raoult became a cause celebre by promoting Bolsanaro and Trump's favourite COVID "cure". The French medical establishment despaired when Macron met up to "discuss possible trials". Raoult is now on a disciplinary charge. theguardian.com/world/2020/nov…
4./ Boris wouldn't have been my choice to fight a pandemic. But thank god we don't have a fraud like Macron who promotes dodgy ideas based on zilch evidence. The French have the highest level of vaccine skepticism in Europe. No fucking wonder. theguardian.com/global/2021/ja…

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29 Jan
1./ It's great to see the end of Trump but do we face 4 years of unscientific baloney from Biden's new Asst. Secretary of Health? A nasty Republican compared her to Benjamin Franklin. Disgusting! She looks nothing like Franklin. This tweet shows she may not be as smart either.👇
2./ By the way, I bet you don't know where Franklin became a doctor? Yes, it was Scotland! He travelled to St Andrews in 1759 to collect his doctorate and on the way met all the great and good of Caledonia including the young James Watt. Back to Levine. founders.archives.gov/documents/Fran…
3./ I applaud the Biden administration for its inclusive appointments. Every govt should have trans peeps at top level. BUT @SecretaryLevine cites a paper she says proves puberty blockers save lives; but which is actually a dreadful piece of science👇reuters.com/article/health…
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26 Jan
1./ Vaccine supply and the SNP: a tale in 3 headlines. Remember when Jeanne Freeman was asked to remove sensitive information about shipments of vaccines to the UK? She did. It was a mistake and she apologised on the 16th January.👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-…
2./ A UK govt spokesman said "If other countries see how much we are getting they are likely to put pressure on the drug firms to give them some of our allocation." On the 19th January, Nicola Sturgeon dismissed that as the UK govt having a 'hissy fit'. heraldscotland.com/news/19022589.…
3./ 7 days later the EU says it will monitor the exports of vaccines. It even threatens to restrict them. It wants carefully to collect the information the Scottish govt thought it was sensible to splash on the front pages. Now, who's having a hissy fit? independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
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26 Jan
1./ Could the vaccine race become a vaccine war? Since demand so outstrips supply there was always a chance. Now the German health minister suggests exports of vaccines made in Germany should be licensed. Code for we could block exports to the UK. p.dw.com/p/3oORe?maca=e…
2./ His frustration is understandable but Spahn is playing with fire. When he went behind the EU Commission's back to purchase more vaccines, Italy promptly accused him of stealing from the rest of the EU. That's nothing to what this could unleash. theweek.co.uk/951628/germany…
3./ Spahn is trying to remedy a monumental EU screw up. And he's been a force for good. In December he insisted the European Medical Agency just hurry up and license the Pfizer vaccine....which just happens to be manufactured in Germany. Well done him. theguardian.com/society/2020/d…
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23 Jan
1./ Last year, Dr David Bell spoke movingly at Holyrood alongside @ImWatson91 about the way girls in particular are being fast-tracked towards "transition". @ALLIANCELGB applauded his contribution. What was the reaction of the LGBTQ+ groups? Zilch. channel4.com/news/children-…
2./ Thousands of kids feel uncomfortable with gender norms. Not all will turn out gay but a good number may be. Arguing all kids should have the chance to work things out for themselves and go through puberty before being medicalised isn't hateful. Its the essence of kindness.
3./ It's not the fact the likes of @stonewalluk disagree that's so shocking. It's their failure even to engage. There wouldn't be the need for @ALLIANCELGB if the self-styled champions of LGBTQ+ didn't enforce a code of silence over this issue. To them it's unmentionable.
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21 Jan
1./ Everyone is hoping for liberation from lockdown soon. But could it be time to get even tougher? This sobering piece from @derspiegel suggests new COVID variants should be treated as a new crisis and may require even stricter policies. spiegel.de/international/…
2./ No one wants to hear these words, but we can't avoid the discussion. "What we are facing is a new pandemic, epidemiologist @AdamJKucharski says. It could turn out what we've learned so far and the methods that have been used to combat the disease are no longer valid." Gulp.
3./ In countries as varied as Japan, Denmark and Portugal the spread of new COVID variants are showing that even if nations were successful the first time round the new wave of infections has them struggling to contain cases and soaring deaths. france24.com/en/europe/2021…
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5 Jan
1./ The Global Race to Vaccinate has begun. Here are just some of the obstacles scientists and countries have to overcome in the biggest medical challenge in history. The good news, as stats from @OurWorldInData show, the UK has started well. But we're only on the first lap. Image
2./ As people compare their govt's performance it's accentuating bunfights for resources similar to those in the summer when countries trounced each other to obtain PPE. Every element of the vaccine supply chain is vital and now being fought over.👇telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/0…
3./ There are good signs the UK govt learned from its disastrous experience then (when test targets were undermined by shortages of reagents). As early as July it ordered 65M extra syringes. They'd grasped the need to put money on the table fast.👇pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-…
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