Important text: @ProfKarolSikora via @Telegraph
1/ „I remember the dark days of #lockdown. The usual voices using the horrific daily death tolls to beat and abuse lockdown sceptics, blaming us for every single poor soul contained in those figures, …
telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/0…
1/ „I remember the dark days of #lockdown. The usual voices using the horrific daily death tolls to beat and abuse lockdown sceptics, blaming us for every single poor soul contained in those figures, …
telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/0…
2/ … and taking immense glee from ratcheting up the vile language to garner more Twitter likes. Many of those voices are now totally silent on the thousands and thousands of non-Covid excess deaths related to #lockdown delays and backlogs. I have no regrets in my opposition …
3/ … to a variety of #lockdown policies and the language I used throughout the pandemic - I wonder if they can say the same?
We now know for sure that some decisions taken were based on PR and politics, rather than science and sense. When the Health Secretary is talking …
We now know for sure that some decisions taken were based on PR and politics, rather than science and sense. When the Health Secretary is talking …
4/ … about ‚frightening the pants off everyone‘ with a new strain, those os us who voiced scepticism at the time about the language used can feel vindicated.
People needed facts, honesty and a little bit of hope to make their own decisions on their acceptable level of risk. …
People needed facts, honesty and a little bit of hope to make their own decisions on their acceptable level of risk. …
5/ What they got was deceit and spin, undermining confidence in public health for generations to come. …
The outright denial from many to even acknowledge the vast #lockdown harm does not fill me with confidence. Seeing supposedly well-qualified individuals perform …
The outright denial from many to even acknowledge the vast #lockdown harm does not fill me with confidence. Seeing supposedly well-qualified individuals perform …
6/ … remarkable mental gymnastics to avoid coming to the obvious conclusion is a demeaning sight. Routine healthcare for non-#Covid conditions was effectively shut down to millions for months on end, and now we have thousands and thousands of non-covid excess deaths. What did …
7/ … they think would happen, honestly?
My lockdown inbox was overflowing with desperate cancer patients whose treatment had been indefinitely postponed. I remember one case of a mother who had her chemotherapy cancelled, leading to her tragic death leaving behind three …
My lockdown inbox was overflowing with desperate cancer patients whose treatment had been indefinitely postponed. I remember one case of a mother who had her chemotherapy cancelled, leading to her tragic death leaving behind three …
8/ … young children and a loving husband. And it‘s not just cancer: cardiac issues untreated, blood pressure out of control, strokes uncared for, other preventative measures forgotten and of course soaring obesity. The post-#lockdown crisis is across all aspects of healthcare …
9/ … physical and mental. That is for those lucky enough to receive any medical support or diagnosis at all. Others were told to stay home and that‘s exactly what they did - dying there without the care they needed and deserved.
To those of you who took a brave stand …
To those of you who took a brave stand …
10/ … speaking out against various restrictions and policies - from me, a sincere thank you. … I suspect the national mood may have significantly shifted over the last week. Sunlight is the best disinfectant after all, and spring is on the way.“
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