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Ten weeks ago, Sage warned No.10 about mutant #COVID19 strai
Three weeks ago, @YvetteCooperMP asked @BorisJohnson what the UK was doing to stop the #SouthAfricanVariant
The PM didn’t have an answer
We need answers from the secretive #JointBiosecurityCentre
Three weeks ago, @YvetteCooperMP asked @BorisJohnson what the UK was doing to stop the #SouthAfricanVariant
The PM didn’t have an answer
We need answers from the secretive #JointBiosecurityCentre
On 21 Sept, SAGE warned UK faced a “very large epidemic with catastrophic consequences” without immediate action
But PM & @RishiSunak weren’t at that meeting
Instead, they were meeting anti-lockdown scientists Anders Tegnell, Prof Heneghan & Prof Gupta! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
But PM & @RishiSunak weren’t at that meeting
Instead, they were meeting anti-lockdown scientists Anders Tegnell, Prof Heneghan & Prof Gupta! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
In December, the PM was asked why the country wasn’t in lockdown
“The Tier decisions aren’t for me,” Patrick Vallance replied
In a system seemingly designed to ensure the buck stops with no one, decisions are made by the secretive #JointBiosecurityCentre
“The Tier decisions aren’t for me,” Patrick Vallance replied
In a system seemingly designed to ensure the buck stops with no one, decisions are made by the secretive #JointBiosecurityCentre
Now the U.K. government is concerned about the #southafricanvariant of #COVID19. A month ago, when I got ill after getting off a plane from JoBurg, it took me 2 days to get through to @PHE_uk to suggest testing me for variant. They only sent a test until 2 weeks later
And when I asked about #TrackandTrace for co-passengers, given that I most likely got infected with the #southafricanvariant on the plane, I was told there was no need. To date, those on the flight with me has not been contacted
Also, I passed the infection on to another person, who, despite being my only contact, was not approached for testing for the variant. This suggests the figure of 100 or so #southafricanvariant cases in U.K. is likely a huge underestimate @bbchealth @BBCBreaking @globalhlthtwit
