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@CHPIthinktank19 Jul 2020
Contact tracing has been a way of controlling diseases since the late 19th Century. It doesn't require "apps" or "big tech" solutions to work it just requires that data gets to local public health teams. How can the failure to get this right be explained? independent.co.uk/news/healt…
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I've had enough of Matt Hancock bringing his ukelele to interviews
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Feels like nothing is ever done unless someone can make a whole lot of money from it. What about govt ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’?
Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) profile pictureMirror Politics
@MirrorPolitics16 Jul 2020
Coronavirus tests pulled over safety fears supplied by firm who donated £160k to Tories mirror.co.uk/news/politics/c…
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Ever got the feeling you have been had ? (again)
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I hope all those people who supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq are watching the devastating BBC2 documentary series Once Upon A Time in Iraq. I reported on the entire course of the dreadful, shaming Iraq war from 2003 to 2016, & can't forgive it or forget it.
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Unbelievable.. @MattHancock is now claiming the UK locked down on March 16, not 23. This is a demonstrable bare-faced lie to try to disguise the fact we locked down so woefully late & it cost so many 1000s of lives. Even by our Health Secretary’s standards, this is shameful.
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The government announced they would impose a lockdown on the evening of 23rd March. We urged then to take that action earlier that day in the Commons. Lockdown was not imposed on 16th March as Matt Hancock tried to suggest just now.
Jonathan Ashworth (@JonAshworth) profile pictureJonathan Ashworth@JonAshworth23 Mar 2020
We need enforced social distancing. We need protective kit for our NHS staff. And we need testing to happen on a mass scale.
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So Matt Hancock is now claiming the UK locked down on March 16, not 23! Here he is suggesting patients were tested before discharge to care homes. 25,000 were not! Don’t let these charlatans rewrite history to cover up their negligence!!
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Bev@bevmolx16 Jul 2020
So @Dr_PhilippaW takes time to ask @MattHancock a full and precise set of questions. And his response was to not answer at all. I am livid. How is he able to not answer? Why have a speaker of the house, who can't demand responses. It's just rubbish ! #COVID__19UK
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#BBCNEWS at 10 did not think the public need to know Matt Hancock is trying to rewrite history by claiming the UK locked down on March 16, not 23rd. If you think the public should be made aware RT this
Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) profile picturePeter Stefanovic
@PeterStefanovi216 Jul 2020
Matt Hancock is now claiming the UK locked down on March 16, not 23! That is completely false! These are the FACTS👇 Everyone needs to watch & share this. An earlier lockdown may have saved 1000s of lives. RT the TRUTH & don’t let this charlatan rewrite history!
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Why the 11 day delay.... when more people will be infected and more people put at risk? #Covid_19 theguardian.com/world/2020/j…
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outrageous no other words
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Don't wait to 5pm! If you really want to support and rebuild our NHS to cope with the post-Covid reality, join our online event at 3.30pm facebook.com/watch/keepournh… and support our Rescue Plan healthcampaignstogether.com/…
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Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) profile pictureDr Rachel Clarke
@doctor_oxford4 Jul 2020
I will never forget how magnificently the public supported us, but I cannot abide this government orchestrated populist 'clap'. 400 NHS & care staff are dead. The failure to provide proper PPE & testing is unforgivable & applauding 'heroes' a diversion. Please don't fall for it.
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@CHPIthinktank5 Jul 2020
The arrangement with the private hospital sector was supposed to be on an "open book" basis. CHPI has submitted a FOI request asking how many patients have been treated. No response. The Public Accounts Committee asked the same. No response.
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@CHPIthinktank5 Jul 2020
The NHS has spent £1.2 billion using the private hospital sector over just 3 months. If extended for a year that would make this deal the biggest outsourcing of clinical services in NHS history. There is still no data on what taxpayers get in return.theguardian.com/society/2020…
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Enjoy comedian @TiernanDouieb’s podcast @ParPolBro on #Covid_19 and shameful outsourcing scandals With @DrTonyOSullivan podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

Owing It To The Kids - Schools, Brexit and a chat with Dr Tony O'Sullivan at Keep Our NHS Public

Podcast Episode · Partly Political Broadcast · 18 May 2020 · 1hr 3min

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KitKat@In2oblivion_10 May 2020
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52603566?S… #coronavirus #coronatest #covidtest #bbcnews @BBCNews Another shit show regarding #COVID19 test while NHS labs are testing below their capacity

Coronavirus: UK sent 50,000 Covid-19 samples to US for testing

The government says "operational issues" in the UK meant 50,000 samples had to be flown to US labs.

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KitKat@In2oblivion_29 Apr 2020
Could anyone explain this? Buying votes from pharmaceuticals? lowdownnhs.info/comment/why-… An excellent piece from @lowdownnhs shows how underutilised we are. #coronavirus #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak
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Interesting stuff here on potential risk, ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabo…
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Johnson's cavalier attitude to science discussed tonight at @Cv19Media meeting. Please join us bit.ly/2z2icUK
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Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) profile picturePaul Mason
@paulmasonnews11 May 2020
Let's be clear about how the Tories are politicising C-19: all the pressure on them is from the libertarian right to end lockdown and from the financial elite holding complex debts <90 days from default - so what do they do? 1/ Chaotic attempt to ease lockdown in England only...
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