Thread by @karamballes

Tominey on @LBC attended meetings behind closed doors with MPs and disinformation groups

Now interviewing Lord Sumption about how "Sages critics have been silenced" and victimised
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https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1420080981852233731

2/ "There are a large number of scientists who say lockdowns don't work, the academic world has been divided and this isn't helpful"

Odd to say theyve been silenced when Tominey and Sumption know they've had secrete meetings with government

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1420071745843761153?s=19

3/ Tominey says we almost have 90% with antibodies so basically have herd immunity so why should we use vaccine passports or financial incentives to encourage younger ppl to get vaccinated

Of course this is 90% of adults with some antibodies, not whole population inc under 18s

4/ Tominey says its our duty to get double jabbed, tells a hesitant caller that vaccines are safe cos the MHRA approved them

Last week on child vax she said that MHRA approval wasn't enough in defending JCVI decision

5/ On child vaccine she was saying we don't know the long term harms for children, yet while this applies to a 17 Yr old she doesn't think an 18 Yr old should worry, can't she see how her stance on under 18s impacts opinions of over 18s?

6/ The greatest conflict with Tominey is she is telling ppl its their duty to get vexed while going to meetings with those who are producing the anti vax disinformation

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1421419203832205314?s=19

7/ The Telegraph has not been helpful in encouraging vaccination, look at this headline, there are no issues for vegans for taking the vaccine but if they read this headline they'll could think there is

8/ @_NatashaDevon now on, Dominique Samuel's explaining why young ppl don't want to get vaccinated.
Greatest hits of HART disinformation
"50% of young ppl have natural immunity from covid"
"Natural immunity better than vaccination"

9/ Then quotes Dingwall "longcovid in young ppl is just standard post viral syndrome and the rest is just psychological" we need to cut the hysteria apparently
And this is exactly the damage Dingwall caused with the newsnight performance, quoted repeatedly now against vaccination

10/ BTW Samuels is from Turning Point UK, an import astroturf organisation from the US to ramp up culture wars.

Last week they hosted Trumps "protect our elections" rally, see the kind of stuff they are willing to put their name to

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1419068600200138763?s=19

11/At the end @_NatashaDevon points out that the covid information she had heard says the exact opposite of Samuels statements particularly on long covid in children.

So very different approach to Tominey

12/Nawaz again today
"Have you seen any proof of asymptomatic spread and i don't mean from someone with vested interests I mean real proof? I haven't seen any, thats why I'm suspicious"