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1Mar 17, '20Laura Kuenssberg says (BBC) that, “The science has changed.” This is not true. The science has been the same since January. What has changed is that govt advisors have at last unde14.8×020k5.9k119
2Oct 1, '22Of all the words written about the catastrophe of the past week, this letter in the FT sums it up best of all. And it’s worse than we might have thought.11×013k4.5k838
3Jul 8, '20To my UK scientist colleagues: why are you not more shocked and horrified by the number of avoidable deaths in your country? Why are you not more vocal in your criticisms of govern10.8×014k4.4k90
4Mar 17, '20It said it took a study from Imperial to understand the likely burden of COVID-19 on the NHS. But read the first paper we published on COVID-19 on Jan 24. 32% admitted to ITU with 10.3×010k5.4k252
5Apr 14, '20President Trump’s decision to defund WHO is simply this—a crime against humanity. Every scientist, every health worker, every citizen must resist and rebel against this appalling b9.4×09.8k4.7k92
6Jul 20, '20The phase 1/2 Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial is now published. The vaccine is safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic. Congratulations to Pedro Folegatti and colleagues. These results8.9×011k3.6k120
7Aug 17, '20I was looking forward to applying for the role of Chair of the UK’s National Institute of Health Protection, but somehow I missed the open transparent recruitment process.8.7×013k2.9k35
8Oct 15, '20UK govt scientists are being blocked from speaking to media because of what is being called the “difficult political landscape.” One contributor to research we are publishing tonig7.0×07.5k3.7k71
9May 20, '20What kind of person is it who owes his life to overseas health workers and then not only insists they have to pay a surcharge to use the NHS themselves but also plans to increase t6.8×09.2k2.9k42
10Jun 9, '20I don’t understand the passivity of my fellow countrymen and countrywomen. Why are you not more angry? Why are you allowing this government to orchestrate the deaths of your citize6.8×08.8k2.6k60
11Apr 24, '20If it is true that Dominic Cummings attended meetings of SAGE, then the government led by Boris Johnson has utterly corrupted independent scientific advice; but I’m afraid to say t6.0×07.2k2.7k49
12May 1, '20Daily UK deaths this wk: 813, 413, 360, 586, 765, 674, 739. We may be “past the peak”, but the no of daily deaths is a human catastrophe. Many of these deaths were preventable. New6.0×07.6k2.6k34
13Mar 10, '20The UK government—Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson—claim they are following the science. But that is not true. The evidence is clear. We need urgent implementation of social distanci5.4×05.4k2.6k75
14May 19, '20Dear President Trump - You cite The Lancet in your attack on WHO. Please let me correct the record. The Lancet did not publish any report in early December, 2019, about a virus spr5.1×05.6k2.4k69
15Apr 19, '20When you see supposedly independent medical advisors to government tell what are manifest untruths to shore up a political regime whose credibility is rapidly collapsing, you have 4.7×05.5k2.1k56
16Nov 10, '20On the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: publishing interim results through a press release is neither good scientific practice nor does it help to build public trust in vaccines. An announ4.5×05.9k1.5k61
17Apr 20, '20Just for the record: the UK government is deliberately rewriting history in its ongoing COVID-19 disinformation campaign. My Jan 24 tweet called for caution in UK media reporting. 4.4×03.9k2.4k164
18Mar 14, '20Please read and support our letter in The Times today calling on the UK government to share the evidence, data, and models on which it is basing its policies. Without complete open4.1×04.1k2.1k72
19Mar 17, '20The morning after the dramatic change in strategy to COVID-19 by this govt, I can’t help but feel angry that it has taken almost two months for politicians and even “experts” to un3.9×05.6k1.3k41
20Apr 1, '20The handling of the COVID-19 crisis in the UK is the most serious science policy failure in a generation. Last week, the Deputy CMO said, “there comes a point in a pandemic where t3.9×04.8k1.8k60
21Aug 18, '20Public Health England is a technical agency charged with protecting + improving the nation’s health + wellbeing. Its abolition and reinvention as NIHP has taken place without any d3.8×04.5k1.8k16
22Mar 24, '20The countries that will be most resilient to COVID-19 will be those with the most universal, equitable, responsive, and well-financed health systems. Never have three simple words—3.7×04.6k1.7k35
23Apr 19, '20From one NHS consultant: “The behaviour and actions of this government during this pandemic have been shambolic and shocking. The sheer arrogance of this government frankly speakin3.7×04.2k1.9k31
24Apr 1, '20Why are political leaders afraid of the truth? This is the NHS today: “Colleagues have to attend disciplinary meetings for speaking out. Others have been spoken to and were ‘warned3.4×03.5k1.7k26
25Apr 16, '24Nick Boles sums it up perfectly.3.4×344k2.6k79163
26May 29, '20The Lancet isn’t a government. It’s one scientific journal among thousands. But we give our 100% support to the World Health Organisation at this time of crisis. We pledge to work 3.3×04.8k1.2k12
27Jun 9, '20Over 40,000 mostly preventable deaths in the UK caused by the most appalling failure of government. Why aren’t people protesting more? We are living through a humanitarian catastro3.2×04.1k1.4k27
28Feb 21, '22Estimates from the University of Washington show that the UK will experience 5400 deaths from COVID-19 between Feb 14 and Jun 1. 80% mask use would save 1200 lives. This government3.2×03.9k1.4k87
29May 1, '20Dear Professor Stephen Powis—The appalling number of UK deaths from COVID-19 are not “unfortunate”, as you just said. They were not unlucky, inappropriate, or even regrettable. The3.1×03.9k1.4k26
30Mar 12, '20I repeat again: I am not being alarmist. What is happening in Italy is real and taking place now. Our government is not preparing us for that reality. We need immediate and asserti3.1×03.7k1.4k26
31Oct 12, '20Alarmingly, Chris Whitty says he is confident that the baseline Tier 3 measures will FAIL to control the spread of coronavirus in very high-risk areas. His statement is extraordina3.0×03.2k1.4k48
32Jun 9, '20We don’t need satire. We don’t need humour. We don’t need mockery. We need organisation. We need alternatives. We need rebellion. Against a government that has fostered corruption,3.0×03.6k1.3k38
33Jan 5, '23It’s such a relief to see that the Daily Mail’s medical correspondent has finally revealed himself.2.9×292k2.5k53552
34May 10, '20My interpretation of Boris Johnson this evening: the pandemic of COVID-19 in the UK is much more serious than we have been led to believe. Johnson was unusually serious, fists clen2.7×02.8k1.3k106
35Sep 22, '20Boris Johnson: “we have reached a perilous turning point.” Yes, because your government failed to use the summer to build an effective test/trace system. Instead, you outsourced te2.7×03.6k1.1k21
37Apr 2, '20Matt Hancock: “At each point we have been following medical and scientific advice.” You can see what’s happening: the government is going to blame health experts and scientists for2.7×03.2k1.1k26
38Apr 16, '20The attacks on WHO are acts of violence against an organisation whose ONLY objective is to protect and advance the health and wellbeing of the world’s peoples. It’s time for all of2.6×03.5k1k16
39Jan 24, '20A call for caution please. Media are escalating anxiety by talking of a “killer virus” + “growing fears”. In truth, from what we currently know, 2019-nCoV has moderate transmissibi2.6×02.3k1.1k66
40Jun 16, '20“We flattened the sombrero”, grins our Prime Minister as he presides over 40 000 mostly avoidable deaths. I don’t know how two scientists can stand next to a man who so easily disr2.5×03.2k1.1k17
41Mar 14, '20What troubles me about the UK govt’s response to COVID-19 is its strategic objective. The goal seems to have been herd immunity, delaying urgent action to allow an epidemic to infe2.5×03k99034
42May 9, '20Contrary to those who believe “the time isn’t right”, it’s important to document the fatal mishandling of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by government. There is prima facie evidence of go2.5×02.7k1.2k115
43Apr 24, '20I have just been told of a frontline NHS worker who had a test for CV19 on March 31. They received their result today. It was positive. Just 25 days to make and pass on the diagnos2.5×02.9k1.2k13
44Apr 13, '20One question for the future public inquiry into the government response to the pandemic—how was it that the medical and scientific establishment was co-opted into supporting the go2.4×02.8k1k40
45May 3, '20Sir David King launches an Independent SAGE tomorrow: with its guiding principle—transparency.2.1×02.5k96723
46May 24, '20Boris Johnson will never be trusted again. Families have endured unspeakable tragedies during this lockdown and yet have followed the govt’s instructions. His political advisor ign2.1×02.8k8397
47May 7, '20I understand the pressure on politicians to release the lockdown. But the experience and modelling in Wuhan clearly indicates that 10 weeks should be the goal. That means June 1. A2.1×02.6k94412
48Apr 9, '20It’s wrong to say we don’t have an exit strategy from lockdown. We do. What is missing are the plans for its implementation: surveillance, early detection, isolation, contact traci2.0×02.4k91130
49Mar 18, '20My take. Scientists have been sounding the alarm on coronavirus for months. Why did Britain fail to act? | Richard Horton1.9×01.7k94845
50May 22, '20Paul Nurse launches a devastating attack on the UK government for having no clear strategy on COVID-19, for absent leadership, for being on the “back-foot”, and for failing to comm1.9×02.5k81822
51Mar 29, '20NHS COVID-19 ALERT. Reports this weekend. “Our PPE is a ridiculous joke.” “It’s a disgrace.” “I feel completely let down by our government.” “There’s a lack of eye protection.” “PP1.9×01.9k1k18
52Mar 27, '20COVID-19 and the NHS: a national scandal.1.8×01.4k1k73
53Mar 25, '20Numbers of health workers contracting COVID-19 are increasing. Yet NHS staff are being threatened if they raise concerns on social media. But, as Marina Hyde wrote this morning, “n1.8×02.1k92717
54Jun 16, '20The debate about 1 metre or 2 metres is missing the point. What matters is combination prevention—physical distancing (minimum 1 metre, more if you can), hand washing, respiratory 1.8×02.2k82113
55Sep 23, '20The COVID-19 narrative promoted by Carl Heneghan and the Today programme that we should be transitioning to a Sweden-style response is dangerous and wrong. Look at the data. Deaths1.7×01.9k76845
56Mar 20, '20“The hospitals in London are overwhelmed.” “The public and media are not aware that today we no longer live in a city with a properly functioning western healthcare system.” Patien1.6×01.4k95332
57Apr 21, '20Matt Hancock: “We listen to what the scientists say.” This daily refrain needs to stop. You were elected to lead as well as listen. You were elected to protect your citizens. You d1.6×02k7087
58Jul 1, '20An email from a young doctor in London on the clinical frontlines of COVID-19 care describes how senior academic colleagues, most working at home, are publishing research papers wi1.6×02.1k60025
59May 6, '20A proposal, actually a plea, from several doctors on the frontline of COVID-19: Those with new loss of smell should be advised to self-isolate and be tested. This simple manoeuvre 1.5×01.6k8867
60Aug 19, '20It’s difficult to understand how someone with zero public health qualifications has been appointed to lead a national public health agency. Worse, her party affiliation to the gove1.5×01.8k70412
61Jul 20, '20Here is a second COVID-19 vaccine trial, led by Chinese scientists. This recombinant adenovirus type-5 vaccine induces a rapid humoral and cellular immune response within 14 days. 1.5×01.8k67037
62Jun 30, '20Just heard Jonathan Ashworth say the reason UK was late to lockdown was because we thought this epidemic was going to be like swine flu. This statement is patently ridiculous. The 1.5×01.8k63112
63Jul 19, '20Tomorrow. Vaccines. Just saying.1.5×02k35716
64Mar 12, '20The UK is on the edge of an avoidable calamity. In addition to deaths preventable by more aggressive government action, it will be health workers who absorb the brunt of government1.5×01.4k75915
65Jun 9, '20Independent SAGE concludes that England’s test and trace system simply won’t be able to keep the pandemic in check. “The system, as it stands, is not fit for purpose”, argues Sir D1.5×01.4k86016
66May 7, '20Dear Prime Minister - Please don’t dilute your policy of lockdown. Not yet. We have come so far. We need 3 more weeks. Use this time to devise a renewed vision for Britain. And lau1.4×02k5087
67May 19, '20Pr Trump claims we published reports in Dec 2019 claiming a virus was spreading in Wuhan. Untrue. The first paper describing 41 patients with COVID-19 was published on Jan 24. That1.4×01.5k65934
68May 22, '20The first human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine finds that it is safe, well-tolerated, and induces a rapid immune response. “These results represent an important milestone.”1.4×01.7k61537
69Apr 9, '20This isn’t hindsight. The evidence was there. We need to learn the lessons now, not later.1.4×01.4k75541
70Apr 22, '20Dear COBRA - We are seriously worried that the advice you are receiving is not considering evidence from non-UK scientists who have very clear messages on how to exit lockdown safe1.4×01.7k65214
71Dec 6, '20One issue about Brexit I don’t understand. COVID-19 has shown that sovereignty is dead. Global problems demand global solutions. The idea of “take back control” is illusory. Yet ou1.4×02.1k38720
72Apr 15, '20Dear Dr Tony Fauci—President Trump yesterday alleged WHO was guilty of “covering up” the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. He claimed that WHO “failed to obtain, vet, and share information.” Yo1.4×01.7k53112
73Apr 24, '20If true that Dominic Cummings attended meetings of SAGE, then every scientist of integrity on SAGE should resign immediately. You have forfeited any claim you might have had to pro1.3×01.3k70521
74May 25, '20When you have the Church of England, the police, and the Daily Mail against you, it’s probably time to review your decision.1.3×02.1k41311
75Apr 2, '20Matt Hancock agrees the UK entered this pandemic unprepared. “We did not have the scale” for testing, he says. “We have had to build from a lower base.” This is a huge admission of1.3×01.3k59814
76Mar 17, '20Chinese clinicians and scientists—Chen Wang, George Gao, Chen Zhu, Bin Cao—did the world a great service by immediately sharing their data, warning the world that SARS-CoV-2 was a 1.3×01.6k58626
77Apr 21, '20Matt Hancock is asked by The Times: Should we be screening asymptomatic health staff? He doesn’t answer and passes to Jonathan Van-Tam, who doesn’t answer either. John Newton tries1.3×01.6k5736
78Apr 14, '20What was interesting about yesterday’s Downing Street press conference was that the CMO only gave data on care home outbreaks when asked by a journalist. One wonders how much more 1.3×01.6k5666
79May 24, '20This press conference with PM Johnson is a complete farce. Boris Johnson refuses to answer questions, fails to understand the boiling anger of the country over his government’s hyp1.3×01.8k4918
80Mar 14, '20Another myth widely promulgated is that the public will tire of restrictions to their freedoms. In fact, the public acted to socially distance, avoid mass gatherings, and work remo1.2×01.7k44814
81Apr 13, '20Every day at the UK press conference on COVID-19, journalists ask about the exit strategy from lockdown. But what ministers and advisors don’t say, which they should, is that the W1.2×01.6k51421
82Nov 19, '20The phase II results of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine are here. Extremely encouraging news. It’s hard to believe we have got to this point in <12 months. Unbelievable levels of1.2×01.9k33124
83May 6, '20Every death counts. Please let’s stop talking about mortality rates. Don’t turn lives into statistics. Ministers must be held accountable for every avoidable death.1.2×01.6k4938
84May 27, '20Boris Johnson insists we must “move on” from questions about Dominic Cummings, but the public isn’t ready for moving on. The public is furious. This government is supporting the in1.2×01.5k5124
85Apr 3, '20Tomorrow, Saturday, China mourns those who died from coronavirus, especially health workers on the frontlines of the pandemic. We should make April 4 a global day of mourning, reco1.2×01.5k3858
86Apr 1, '20I understand that Public Health England has a complex relationship with government, but seeing PHE leaders defending a failed government testing strategy is hard to take. Remember 1.2×01.3k57611
87May 29, '20Madness and terrifying both at the same time. The US government has gone rogue at a time of humanitarian emergency. All leaders must call for renewed international solidarity in su1.2×01.4k5007
88Aug 18, '20In Memoriam. Public Health England. So. Farewell then PHE. You stood up for public health against governments that slashed public health budgets over a decade. And now you have to 1.1×01.4k4997
89Sep 23, '20We are going to see a repeat of March: incremental changes that are insufficient to cut lines of viral transmission. This is a slow motion car crash of a government, ruled from the1.1×01.2k55724
90Aug 22, '20Matt Hancock forgot that Public Health England was responsible for tacking obesity, tobacco use, and a rather large number of other areas in public health. That’s what happens when1.1×01.3k5218
91Aug 18, '20The more Matt Hancock strains to thank Public Health England, the less sincere he sounds. By appointing Dido Harding, he is implementing a further party political takeover of publi1.1×01.4k4668
92Jun 16, '20Since 1997, DFID has been the best of us. It was not a “cash point in the sky.” It advanced our values of equity and social justice like no other government department. Those who w1.1×01.4k4736
93Jan 29, '20From direct contacts with Chinese physicians treating patients with 2019-nCoV on the frontlines of care, we know they have been extremely challenged and are exhausted. All Chinese 1.1×01.6k3724
95May 25, '20Dominic Cummings offers no regret. He blames media reports for creating public anger. Yet the fact remains that if all families interpreted the instruction to stay home with the la1.0×01.5k3703
96Jun 25, '20Chris Whitty is right, but these statements should have been more forcibly made in public before, not after, the government relaxed the lockdown before test and trace was ready.1.0×01.4k3816
97May 15, '20It’s good to get hate mail from supporters of President Trump’s disastrous approach to COVID-19. Please keep it coming. He has betrayed his country, his people, and the scientists 1.0×01.5k2814
98May 20, '20A question to the US government. You have an embassy in Beijing and 5 Consulates, including one in Wuhan. I am sure you have far superior intelligence gathering techniques than WHO0.9×01.1k35229
99Aug 22, '20Isabel: do you ever look at WHO’s daily summaries of the pandemic? It is raging in many nations. Which means we are all at risk. This pandemic is not over. I know you know this.0.9×01.3k2673
100May 24, '20How can Stephen Powis stand next to a PM who with his every word is undermining the message to self-isolate if one has COVID-19 symptoms? The PM is endorsing a violation of the ver0.8×01.1k3253

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