Wow!
@MattHancock has announced that the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jenny Harries, will be the first chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency which will aim to plan, prevent & respond to health emergencies like pandemics
How is #JennyHarries still in a job
@MattHancock has announced that the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Jenny Harries, will be the first chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency which will aim to plan, prevent & respond to health emergencies like pandemics
How is #JennyHarries still in a job
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1370293224494010368
2/. Jenny Harries has been a handmaiden of the #HerdImmunityScandal
#HerdImmunity is an outcome, NEVER a “strategy”
On 12 March, the govt stopped community testing
On 26/3, #JennyHarries falsely claimed that community testing was "not an appropriate mechanism as we go forward”
#HerdImmunity is an outcome, NEVER a “strategy”
On 12 March, the govt stopped community testing
On 26/3, #JennyHarries falsely claimed that community testing was "not an appropriate mechanism as we go forward”
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1263003161788403712
3/. Stopping community testing - as the UK did on 12 March - would only make sense as a strategy if the UK’s strategy was to allow #COVID19 to spread through the population
Questioned by @Jeremy_Hunt, Jenny Harries changed her story to a claim of capacity issues. #JennyHarries
Questioned by @Jeremy_Hunt, Jenny Harries changed her story to a claim of capacity issues. #JennyHarries
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1257754025027612673
4/. Remember, “allowing #COVID19 to spread through the population” was one of the options spelled out by the PM in his #TakeItOnTheChin interview on 5/3/20
It was also the wording used by @Peston on 12/3/20 after he’d been briefed by a “senior No.10 source” who remains anonymous
It was also the wording used by @Peston on 12/3/20 after he’d been briefed by a “senior No.10 source” who remains anonymous
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1370281854067179521
5/. When Chris Whitty & #JennyHarries announced the inexplicable decision to “pivot” away from community testing on 12 March, public health experts, virologists & epidemiologists made clear that this was the wrong thing to do
But their voices were ignored
But their voices were ignored
6/. On 6 May, @Keir_Starmer asked the PM if he could explain why #JennyHarries had not told the truth about the real reason for abandoning contact tracing on 12 March
He couldn’t!
@BorisJohnson’s answer showed a deeply disturbing lack of knowledge
He couldn’t!
@BorisJohnson’s answer showed a deeply disturbing lack of knowledge
7/. On 14 April, #JennyHarries described the UK’s approach to the #COVID19 pandemic as “an international exemplar” of preparedness
In reality the UK was WOEFULLY underprepared despite warnings from scientists, intel reports WHO, & our own #ExerciseCygnus.
In reality the UK was WOEFULLY underprepared despite warnings from scientists, intel reports WHO, & our own #ExerciseCygnus.
8/. In August, #JennyHarries - asked whether it was safe for children to go back to school - trotted out the “you could be hit by a bus” argument
The question - to a scientist - was not if children might die
It was whether they’d spread #COVID19 to their parents & grandparents
The question - to a scientist - was not if children might die
It was whether they’d spread #COVID19 to their parents & grandparents
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1297790570933489666
9/. #JennyHarries sidesteps the question
"When children do get infection it is usually very mild & sometimes asymptomatic & so the overall risk to the child themselves is very very small”
The child may not be at risk but “asymptomatic" would risk others
"When children do get infection it is usually very mild & sometimes asymptomatic & so the overall risk to the child themselves is very very small”
The child may not be at risk but “asymptomatic" would risk others
10/. Science is best” #JennyHarries tells @KayBurley before explaining #lockdown “would not be first on our list” on 10/3/20
Despite the horrific situation in Italy, warnings from WHO & top scientists, she said the UK will try to avoid a #COVID19 lockdown
Despite the horrific situation in Italy, warnings from WHO & top scientists, she said the UK will try to avoid a #COVID19 lockdown
11/. On 30/3/20, #JennyHarries claimed there were no PPE shortages
We had the stock but distribution was sometimes “a little bit tricky”
Why were NHS workers reusing gowns & wearing bin bags?
Why were care home staff reusing PPE?
Why did so many die?
We had the stock but distribution was sometimes “a little bit tricky”
Why were NHS workers reusing gowns & wearing bin bags?
Why were care home staff reusing PPE?
Why did so many die?
12/ This was #JennyHarries on the 1st day of #CheltenhamFestival assuring us that large outdoor events were safe
She also said we didn't need testing because we were a first world country, that face masks don’t work & we were “an exemplar of preparedness”
She also said we didn't need testing because we were a first world country, that face masks don’t work & we were “an exemplar of preparedness”
13/. “Could it just be they got it wrong?” @piersmorgan asks @OliverDowden
How is it that same ministers & govt scientists who got it SO wrong on lockdown, testing, screening, track & trace, PPE, care homes, etc. are still making the decisions? #COVID19
How is it that same ministers & govt scientists who got it SO wrong on lockdown, testing, screening, track & trace, PPE, care homes, etc. are still making the decisions? #COVID19
14/. “I'm absolutely delighted to discuss death statistics comparisons”
On 14 May, #JennyHarries was asked why the govt had stopped sharing intn’l #COVID19 death statistic tables
Was it because the UK now had the worst #COVID19 death rate in the world?
On 14 May, #JennyHarries was asked why the govt had stopped sharing intn’l #COVID19 death statistic tables
Was it because the UK now had the worst #COVID19 death rate in the world?
15/. The science for face masks was always the same (see Asia): if you want to protect yourself & others to some degree, wear one
Some scientists argued the benefits of masks weren’t proven
#JennyHarries went a step further: masks could put you in danger
Some scientists argued the benefits of masks weren’t proven
#JennyHarries went a step further: masks could put you in danger
16/. In this clip👆#JennyHarries pushes behavioural reasons why wearing masks is perhaps more dangerous
Did this also come from #DavidHalpern & @B_I_Tweets?
After 4 months prevarication (remember those packed on Tubes, no masks), the UK (& US), both U-turned...on the same day!
Did this also come from #DavidHalpern & @B_I_Tweets?
After 4 months prevarication (remember those packed on Tubes, no masks), the UK (& US), both U-turned...on the same day!
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1251215129796059139
17/. It is not just #JennyHarries who has been pushing erroneous & unscientific advice
In June, @TheLancet editor, @richardhorton1, said he thought there was “an element of collusion” btw scientists & the govt
Incredibly, all the scientists who got it so wrong are still in post
In June, @TheLancet editor, @richardhorton1, said he thought there was “an element of collusion” btw scientists & the govt
Incredibly, all the scientists who got it so wrong are still in post
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1372460227619135493
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