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There’s often a moment in the third act of a Hitchcock thriller – “the big reveal” – when the scales fall from the eyes of the hapless central character &

The smoking gun of govt care home policy?Govt advice from 2 April.“Some of these patients may have #COVOD19. All can be cared for in care homes.”“Negative tests are not required

1/. Two months ago I was strolling along, my head in the clouds, when I stumbled through a mysterious portal into strange new world: a world of political intrigue where

On #COVID2019, @BorisJohnson said:“One of the theories is perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go & allow #coronvirus to move through the population

How can you "stay alert" against an "invisible mugger"?#Covid19UK #coronavirus #coronavirusuk #Covid19 https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1255113768851386368 Under UK Health & Safety Regulations:RED =“prohibition”, “dan

It’s early in the season & your team are having an awful start.No decent signings over the summer, injuries stacking up & confusion on & off the pitch.You have a

1/. “We feared the balmy air. We feared the cloudless sky, the flower-covered earth, & delightful woods.”In 1826, Mary Shelley published The Last Man, a novel set in 2100 imagining

.@AndyMacaskill: Why didn’t your team start reviewing & modelling the consequences of lockdown until mid-March?@uksciencechief: We modelled all scenarios throughout FebruaryAM: John Edmunds told us neither he or @neil_ferguson carried

"I do not see the names of prominent consultants in communicable disease control at the top table...I have a feeling this is a systematic thing [resulting from] top down control."

"Digging mass graves. Not in a war zone. Not after an earthquake. But here in Chiselhurst...Behind the cold numbers are the lives cut short, the goodbyes unsaid, the potential unfulfilled."

“The deaths we are seeing now reflect the infections from 3 or 4 weeks ago,” Prof @DeenanDpillay.This week, 5,000 ppl died of #COVID19.Four weeks ago 250,000 ppl went to Cheltenham

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