On 4th February, 2022's episode of @IndependentSage briefing, I asked the panel a question:
"Is the Scores on the Doors' scheme likely to happen? (because my dad's 96 and has been shielding since March 2020). It would be nice to think we could take him out to eat in a pub ... ... or wherever, knowing that the air is clean - like they do in Japan"

Here's the link to the briefing.
My question is 51 minutes in:
youtube.com/live/21TKKKFfG…

Why do some people believe propaganda while other people don't? 1/8

Thread🧵 I watched episode 5, series 15 of @TheRepairShop recently in which they were asked to repair the violin of Austrian musician Sigmund Fital.
Sigmund was a Jew born in Vienna in 1876.
When the Nazis took over in 1942 Sigmund was sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp. 2/8

I sent another question in to @IndependentSage which was read out by @martinmckee on their 18th November, 2022 briefing (49.55 minutes in).



This was my question:
1/7independentsage.org/briefing/regul… “I’ve read that unvaccinated children - which presumably refers to most kids age 11 and under in the UK - are being used as an ‘immunity reservoir’.
In simple terms can you please explain what ‘children being used as an immunity reservoir’ means? ...
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My mother always told me “The truth will out”
but I really didn’t expect it to take this long.

In June 2021, my husband & I went on a short UK break with a couple of our friends.
From watching @IndependentSage weekly briefings I’d already learned that #CovidIsAirborne ...
1/ … and I'd learned that having good #ventilation helps mitigate airborne transmission.

My friend found a pub advertising tables outside in an open courtyard, but when we arrived we found they’d enclosed the space both above and on all four sides.
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Dear @yokoono

My husband asked me what I hope to achieve by writing this.

What I hope is that in the end, (to quote William Shakespeare): “The Truth Will Out”.

And, I’m hoping for you to help me find out the #truth about the recent pandemic named COVID-19 Since March 2020 I have followed events closely, because at the beginning of the pandemic I was caring for my 94 yo clinically extremely vulnerable father.
&, the top and bottom of it was, I didn’t want to contract a virus that I might then transmit to him and him die from Covid.

@annesmithmcc Reading this email, the following sentence stuck in my craw:
“We would urge caution against drawing conclusions from social media discussions about transmission routes, and to instead rely on accepted global scientific evidence from the WHO, ... "...the UK Health Security Agency & other authoritative sources”
Was Andrew Gwynne implying the public wasn’t capable of understanding the science? or maybe he was referring to disinformation being spread online ? (Shouldn’t governments have tackled online disinformation by now)?

I've been having a look at how the UK government planned for us to 'Live with Covid'

Updated 6 May 2022 google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…


And, I have questions:
Is Covid-19 endemic?
Is it still believed that COVID-19 is likely to become a "predominantly winter seasonal illness"?
How is government "encouraging safer behaviours through public health advice"?
If "Vaccines underpin all of these principles" ...

(1/12) I’ve just reread this article from 17 April 2020 and I have a few questions.
The article states:
“the Government’s (then) @uksciencechief Sir Patrick Vallance said: “… We think this virus is likely to be one that comes year on year, becomes ...bylinetimes.com/2020/04/17/the… (2/12) ... like a seasonal virus. Communities will become immune."
Four and a half years after this article was written, & with the benefit of hindsight, has Sir Patrick Vallance ever publicly stated that he made the wrong call?
The only way Covid-19 can be referred to as ...

1/5 I believe in speaking the truth, so if I have misunderstood anything, please let me know. Thank you @1goodtern @SGriffin_Lab @LibDemPatrick @NjbBari3 @tigresseleanor @Sandyboots2020 @Saffiya_Khan1 @Daltmann10 @AugustaLees @LibDemPatrick @HelenRSalisbury 2/5 @readthinkwalk @xabitron1 @SafeEdForAll_UK @DmodosCutter @Johnrashton47 @dgurdasani1 @NEBylines