@StefSimanowitz's Threads
“You will never make it.”
It seems as if @realDonaldTrump loses it with a different journalist each day during his #COVID19 press conferences.
It seems as if @realDonaldTrump loses it with a different journalist each day during his #COVID19 press conferences.
Trump has always been painful to watch, but at a time of national crisis - when more than 10,000 Americans are dead & tens of thousands more are likely to lose their lives - it is truly excruciating.
@MollyJongFast says it best.
@MollyJongFast says it best.
Also this evening, a journalist asked President Trump if he was cooperating with China at the #COVID19 press conference.
@realDonaldTrump: “Who are you working for, China? Do you work for a newspaper or for China?”
Reporter: "Hong Kong Phoenix TV"
@realDonaldTrump: “Who are you working for, China? Do you work for a newspaper or for China?”
Reporter: "Hong Kong Phoenix TV"
This was @CMO_England two weeks ago explaining why govt hadn’t banned large gatherings & closed pubs, restaurants, schools etc.
"We do need to do it at the last reasonable point” he says.
Today, along with the PM & Health Sec, he come down with #Convid19
"We do need to do it at the last reasonable point” he says.
Today, along with the PM & Health Sec, he come down with #Convid19
Chris Whitty was speaking here on 12 March.
If was 4 more days before the govt realised the scientific modelling upon which they’d based their #Herd_Immunity strategy was wrong.
They did a U-turn on 16 March, but it was too late. #coronavirus #COVID19
If was 4 more days before the govt realised the scientific modelling upon which they’d based their #Herd_Immunity strategy was wrong.
They did a U-turn on 16 March, but it was too late. #coronavirus #COVID19
Virtually every epidemiologist across the world was saying the same thing: “You need to act quickly to combat #coronavirus.”
Chris Whitty & Patrick Vallance’s view that “we don’t want to act too soon” is why UK is seeing a steep rise in #COVID19 deaths.
Chris Whitty & Patrick Vallance’s view that “we don’t want to act too soon” is why UK is seeing a steep rise in #COVID19 deaths.
1/3. On 13 March, @Channel4News reported on a new rapid #coronavirus testing kit - made in the UK - that diagnoses #coronavirus in 10 minutes!
They aren't available in the UK yet.
#NHS staff can't get tested.
But this report shows test kits being sent to Bahrain. #covidー19
They aren't available in the UK yet.
#NHS staff can't get tested.
But this report shows test kits being sent to Bahrain. #covidー19
2/3. It seems utterly bizarre that boxes of rapid #Covid19 test kits are being exported around the world, whilst frontline #NHS staff have to risk their health without PPE or tests.
It would be great if @cathynewman & #C4News could ask @MattHancock what the logic is behind this.
It would be great if @cathynewman & #C4News could ask @MattHancock what the logic is behind this.
3/3. Watching this the govt's U-turn is very stark.
"As the WHO urges countries to step up testing for #coronavirus, the UK appears to be adopting a different approach. Ystdy (12/3) it said it would only test people in hospital." #Covid19 #Corona #Covid
"As the WHO urges countries to step up testing for #coronavirus, the UK appears to be adopting a different approach. Ystdy (12/3) it said it would only test people in hospital." #Covid19 #Corona #Covid
The. Truth. Will. Out.
"At a private engagement at the end of February, Cummings outlined the government's strategy. Those present say it was "#herdimmunity, protect the economy & if that means some pensioners die, too bad." (The Sunday Times).
#COVID19 #Covid_19 #coronavirus
"At a private engagement at the end of February, Cummings outlined the government's strategy. Those present say it was "#herdimmunity, protect the economy & if that means some pensioners die, too bad." (The Sunday Times).
#COVID19 #Covid_19 #coronavirus
People horrified or surprised, haven’t been paying attention.
On 5/3, @BorisJohnson went on national TV & said: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go & allow the disease to move thro the population...”
On 5/3, @BorisJohnson went on national TV & said: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go & allow the disease to move thro the population...”
“Let us brace ourselves to our duties, & so bear ourselves that, if Britain lasts for 1,000 years, men will still say, ‘This was their finest hour.’” CHURCHILL
“One of the theories is you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go, let it run though the population.”
BORIS
“One of the theories is you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go, let it run though the population.”
BORIS
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson 1/. It was actually TEN days ago that @BorisJohnson first mentioned the ‘take in on the chin’ theory.
He told it to @Schofe & @hollywills on #ThisMorning on Thursday, 5 March.
A clip of him saying this was tweeted by @mvdct on the same day.
What happened next was remarkable...
He told it to @Schofe & @hollywills on #ThisMorning on Thursday, 5 March.
A clip of him saying this was tweeted by @mvdct on the same day.
What happened next was remarkable...
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct On Sunday evening, after a tip off from @CereinynOrd (follow her for #coronavirus), I tracked down the clip of the interview.
The clip beings with Boris saying: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go..."
The clip beings with Boris saying: "One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go..."
@peterjukes @BorisJohnson @Schofe @hollywills @mvdct @CereinynOrd 3./ He goes on: "...& allow the disease, as it were, to move through the population, without taking as many draconian measures. I think we need to strike a balance."
To me there were two possible explanations for what Boris had said.
The second far more chilling than the first.
To me there were two possible explanations for what Boris had said.
The second far more chilling than the first.
As of ystdy, the US had tested fewer than 6,000 potential #coronavirus cases.
UK has tested 23,513 people.
By comparison, #SouthKorea tested 66,652 people in the first week after #COVID2019 was first diagnosed, & has now tested 170,000+ ppl.
Italy has tested tens of thousands.
UK has tested 23,513 people.
By comparison, #SouthKorea tested 66,652 people in the first week after #COVID2019 was first diagnosed, & has now tested 170,000+ ppl.
Italy has tested tens of thousands.
“This is the most frightening disease I've ever encountered in my career,”
Richard Hatchett, the doctor leading efforts to find a vaccine for #coronavirus, tells @cathynewman. Early detection of #COVID19 through testing, is key. #COVIDー19 #COVID
Richard Hatchett, the doctor leading efforts to find a vaccine for #coronavirus, tells @cathynewman. Early detection of #COVID19 through testing, is key. #COVIDー19 #COVID
Here the US @Surgeon_General, Jerome Adams, struggles to give @jaketapper an answer to the simple question of how many Americans have been tested for #coronavirus. (via @atrupar) #COVID19 #COVID2019 #CoronavirusUSA @JeromeAdamsMD
1/. Today, the captain of the #SeaWatch3 rescue ship, #CarolaRackete, has been in court. She was arrested in Italy.
Her “crime”?
Docking in Lampedusa, in order to disembark 42 men, women & children who had fled from Libya & had been stranded in the Mediterranean for 17 days.
Her “crime”?
Docking in Lampedusa, in order to disembark 42 men, women & children who had fled from Libya & had been stranded in the Mediterranean for 17 days.
2/. Saving lives at sea & taking them to safe place is a legal duty under intn'l &
Italian law.
Lampedusa was the closest safe port.
5 EU countries had agreed to take the people on board.
They'd been at sea for 17 days.
Libya is not a safe country. apnews.com/43eb47c8ce6b49…
Italian law.
Lampedusa was the closest safe port.
5 EU countries had agreed to take the people on board.
They'd been at sea for 17 days.
Libya is not a safe country. apnews.com/43eb47c8ce6b49…
3/. This is the first time #Italy's newest hardline migration laws have been tested.
Last year, ports were closed to NGO rescue vessels & this month, a new bill on security & immigration - dubbed the “Salvini Decree” after @matteosalvinimi - was adopted.
Last year, ports were closed to NGO rescue vessels & this month, a new bill on security & immigration - dubbed the “Salvini Decree” after @matteosalvinimi - was adopted.
"If you're interested, & I'll fund it somehow, I think you're the perfect guy, what we'd like to do is help knit together a populist nationalist movement throughout the world."
Bannon talking to @Nigel_Farage re alliance with Orban, Sisi, Modi & Duterte.
Bannon talking to @Nigel_Farage re alliance with Orban, Sisi, Modi & Duterte.
“Paradoxically, this generation of populist nationalists leads the way on international political cooperation.”
@Elif_Safak adds more to #Bannon’s list: Erdoğan in Turkey, Abascal in Spain, Salvini in Italy & far right parties in Poland, France & Austria. google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
@Elif_Safak adds more to #Bannon’s list: Erdoğan in Turkey, Abascal in Spain, Salvini in Italy & far right parties in Poland, France & Austria. google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
This was filmed in 2017 & is taken from the new documentary about Bannon, @TheBrinkFilm.
There's a moment in this clip when Farage looks towards the camera, clearly thinking: "I'm being filmed conspiring with a far-right extremist. If this ever gets out it won't look good."
There's a moment in this clip when Farage looks towards the camera, clearly thinking: "I'm being filmed conspiring with a far-right extremist. If this ever gets out it won't look good."
1/11. Twenty-five years after #SouthAfrica’s miraculous 1st democratic elections, it’s easy to forget just how close the county came to civil war.
I was working for the ANC from 1992-4 & there were times - right up to Election Day - that it “seemed impossible until it was done.”
I was working for the ANC from 1992-4 & there were times - right up to Election Day - that it “seemed impossible until it was done.”
2/11. With weeks to go, violence in KwaZulu-Natal was escalating with the Inkartha Freedom Party (IFP) boycotting the elections.
Well-armed conservative Afrikaner militias were mobilising.
Tensions were mounting in the so-called “homelands” of Ciskei, QwaQwa & Bophuthatswana.
Well-armed conservative Afrikaner militias were mobilising.
Tensions were mounting in the so-called “homelands” of Ciskei, QwaQwa & Bophuthatswana.
3/11. Two days before the elections, a massive car bomb in Jo’burg killed 9 ppl including ANC candidate, Susan Keane, & injured 92. The next day, 12 ppl were killed by bombs targeting black ppl in Germiston & Pretoria.
All attacks bore the hallmarks of white separatist groups.
All attacks bore the hallmarks of white separatist groups.
1/10. HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN 10 EASY STEPS
This week, the Danish Justice Minister called for new legislation in Denmark that recognises the simple fact that sex without consent is rape.
But this didn't happen by chance.
It resulted of some brilliant campaigning & advocacy
This week, the Danish Justice Minister called for new legislation in Denmark that recognises the simple fact that sex without consent is rape.
But this didn't happen by chance.
It resulted of some brilliant campaigning & advocacy
2/10. On Tuesday, rape survivors & activists took the stage in front of an invited audience of 200 journalists, politicians, judges & police officials for the launch of a "bombshell report" revealing Denmark’s “rape culture” & endemic impunity for
rapists. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
rapists. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
3/10 The report - the culmination of months of research - identifies key barriers to justice for rape survivors as flawed laws as well as widespread harmful myths & gender stereotypes. Cultural change is needed but "legislation carries culture" so changing the law was the target.
1/3 This week I attended the opening of the #Mandela centenary exhibition.
In a short speech, Lord Hain thanked one of the sponsors, Moti Group, twice.
According to @mailandguardian Lord Hain is
employed by them "in part to improve their poor reputation" mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
In a short speech, Lord Hain thanked one of the sponsors, Moti Group, twice.
According to @mailandguardian Lord Hain is
employed by them "in part to improve their poor reputation" mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
2/3 Moti Group is a mining & property
company that's been subject to some controversy. It allegedly has links to
Zimbabwean officials implicated in human rights violations & in 2017,
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for the company's chair mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
company that's been subject to some controversy. It allegedly has links to
Zimbabwean officials implicated in human rights violations & in 2017,
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for the company's chair mg.co.za/article/2018-0…
3/5 Journalist @simonallison writes:
"There is no suggestion that the royals were aware of or intended to
endorse the Moti Group’s controversial business practises; or the group’s links
to senior Zimbabwean officials that have been implicated in serious human
rights violations."
"There is no suggestion that the royals were aware of or intended to
endorse the Moti Group’s controversial business practises; or the group’s links
to senior Zimbabwean officials that have been implicated in serious human
rights violations."
Next month we will mark the 1st anniversary of the imprisonment of @Amnesty's #TanerKilic. He is being held on absurd "terrorism" charges.
For more than 5 decades, Amnesty has campaigned to free prisoners of conscience in #Turkey. Including writers, politicians etc. #FreeTaner
For more than 5 decades, Amnesty has campaigned to free prisoners of conscience in #Turkey. Including writers, politicians etc. #FreeTaner
In 1964, #Turkey's former president, Celal Bayar, wrote to @amnesty from jail to thank us for campaigning for his release.
Next month we will mark a year in prison for Amnesty Turkey's honorary chair #TanerKilic. #FreeTaner #FreeRightsDefenders
Next month we will mark a year in prison for Amnesty Turkey's honorary chair #TanerKilic. #FreeTaner #FreeRightsDefenders
“We will be free together
We will struggle together
We will win together.”
Politician, author & sociologist, Behice Boran, was an @Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience in #Turkey in 1973. Today Amnesty #Turkey's honorary chair has been in jail for almost a year. #FreeTaner #TanerKilic
We will struggle together
We will win together.”
Politician, author & sociologist, Behice Boran, was an @Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience in #Turkey in 1973. Today Amnesty #Turkey's honorary chair has been in jail for almost a year. #FreeTaner #TanerKilic
1/10. "The Joy of Freedom". The #Istanbul10 were released in early hours of Thursday morning after 113 days in jail. Where are they now?
2/10. Günal Kurşun is back with his family. Before he was jailed, Günal had never heard his son say his newest word: "Daddy" #Istanbul10
3/10. İdil Eser is back in her Istanbul flat with her cats Misha, Sasha and Kiki. They were very pleased to see her amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
