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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
1 year
Good morning Mr Barclay & Mr Sunak, As a dr of 32+ yrs & mother of both a #juniordoctor currently working in Australia AND a 3rd yr medical student I believe I’ve a good understanding of the salient issues that have lead to these #JuniorDoctorsStrikes . #SOSNHS 🚨🚨🚨 1/
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
Good evening Mr Johnson, just wanted to update you on the “not wearing a 😷in hospitals” thing… This afternoon I’ve had to give 😷s to 10 people sitting in the heaving ED/MIU waiting rooms. TEN Prime Minister‼️ X, Decem… @BorisJohnson @CMO_England @UKHSA @SMHopkins 1/5
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
1/ I’ve tried to stay polite, but there comes a point in a healthcare professional’s life when ‘the gloves must come off’… This reckless, irresponsible attempt to save the skin of your pathetic & dangerous leader by KILLING & MAIMING CHILDREN is a step too far! @nadhimzahawi
@nadhimzahawi
Nadhim Zahawi
2 years
I promised that pupils wouldn't have to wear face coverings for a moment longer than necessary, so I'm pleased to say they will no longer be needed in classrooms from tomorrow. And they won't be need to be worn in indoor communal areas from next Thursday, 27 January. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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@AlisonGeorge10
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Morning @NHSEngland 👋🏼 Can I put in a polite request for some basic Infection Prevention & Control in hospitals? Patient w/ cough, SOB & fever (& partner w/ ‘cold’ symptoms) sat in a heaving waiting room for 5 hours, coughing…& MASKLESS! @AmandaPritchard @NHSEnglandNMD 1/8🧵
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
3 years
Hi Mr Javid 👋, I wanted to check in with you briefly today. As Health Secretary, currently overseeing the management of #Covid19UK from a HEALTHCARE perspective, I know you’ll be keen to be up to speed on the current situation ON THE FRONTLINE. @sajidjavid @DHSCgovuk 1/13
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
1 year
Well now, this is v worrying… Part of the triage process for unwell kids presenting to secondary care includes a ‘ #COVID section’. That’s good obvs, but wait till you hear what the questions are. #CovidIsNotOver @IndependentSage @RCPCHtweets @UKHSA @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk 1/9
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Hi @wesstreeting & @LabourHealth 👋🏼 Today I’m working in a local Urgent Treatment Centre which is open from 8am-10pm 365 days a yr! ⬆️ privatisation is NOT the answer. ⬆️ GP funding & a real focus on staff retention are vital to bring the #NHS back from the abyss. #iminworkwes
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
A cautionary tale for #LetCovidRip fans… My husband & I walked w/ married friends last week. 30mins indoor coffee. Both have since tested +ve & my husband is +ve today too. Even w/ neg LFT, I can’t go to work today w/out a neg PCR. 4 healthcare professionals unable to work!
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Morning @GMB 👋🏼, I bet your viewers aren’t aware that just a few weeks ago >7000 junior drs who wanted to train as GPs had their application to GPVTS REJECTED🚨? Yes ~11,000 junior drs applied but only 4,029 places were given leaving the rest in limbo. @RobbieRinder #GPCrisis
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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@WorcsAcuteNHS @WorcsAcuteNHS 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼- now please could you spread the word to your fellow #NHS trusts so ALL patients in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 are able to seek healthcare without the risk of catching #COVID19 🙏🏼? #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsntOver #MasksInHealthcareNOW @NHSEngland @NHSEnglandNMD @AmandaPritchard
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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@Helen_Whately Hi @Helen_Whately 👋🏼 I’d be most grateful if you could post a link to the MEDICAL ADVICE confirming it’s wise to do so during another #COVID surge mixed w/ a veritable avalanche of other infectious diseases like Flu, Strep A, RSV etc & as access to healthcare is being rationed?
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
Let’s be crystal clear - the ONLY person @BorisJohnson is thinking about is himself. This has ZERO to do with public health & is all about remaining popular with the @Conservatives who rebelled & the right wing press/his paymasters. @10DowningStreet
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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@jennyeye That is absolutely heartbreaking Jenny. I can only imagine the pain you must all feel right now. Those spreading & believing #COVIDDisinformation need to know the cruel realities of what #COVID can do. My thoughts are with you & your family. X #GetVaccinated #Covid19UK
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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When I politely challenged this dangerous, unscientific nonsense the response I received from a senior staff member was “well what difference does it make whether he/she has #COVID anyway?”. To be honest, at this point I had to pinch myself & bite my tongue! 5/
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
3 years
Hi again @JuliaHB1 , I haven’t got time today to produce the very long list of ways in which you have played an active part in the relentless spread of #COVIDDisinformation , which has directly contributed to the catastrophic situation we are now in…. 1/
@JuliaHB1
Julia Hartley-Brewer
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@AlisonGeorge10 Hi Alison, what "Covid disinformation" are you referring to?
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
#COVIDisAirborne & there are many sick ppl IN hospitals, OBVS! #COVID spreads best in crowded, poorly ventilated areas & the damage done to vital public health messaging you alone have done Prime Minister by not wearing a😷, is incalculable! @sajidjavid @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland 3/
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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This comment could not have been made by anyone who has actually seen what #COVID19 can do. NO @rwjdingwall , #Covid is NOT “much like any other respiratory virus”. Ignorant comments like this have fuelled widespread disinformation & undermined efforts to inform & protect ppl.
@rwjdingwall
Robert Dingwall 🎯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 Rejoin
3 years
If we do not recalibrate or reboot our understanding of Covid to see it as a respiratory virus much like any other, we simply doom ourselves to an endless round of testing, outbreak controls, movement controls and the like. (3/5)
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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There is apparently - NO CONCERN that the child gets an accurate diagnosis & therefore appropriate treatment/management. - NO CONCERN for the child’s relatives or other young patients who may be CV/CEV. - NO CONCERN for the multiple HCWs the child comes into contact w/ 6/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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1/ #PrimeMinister & #HealthSecretary , I just want to clarify how I can keep myself & my family safe from the #COVID19 surge in cases in our area? I live & work in Newcastle, where cases are now well > 800 per 100,000, a real #COVIDHotSpot ! @BorisJohnson @sajidjavid
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
The UK is a darker place tonight but I’ll say one last thing…. I’ll NEVER EVER forgive those of you who disregarded the lives of millions of ‘others’ so easily for personal gain! & to sacrifice the lives of CHILDREN is an act of UNCONSCIONABLE WILFUL NEGLIGENCE! #UnsafeSchools
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
Good afternoon @Conservatives 👋 In the last week myself & countless colleagues + 1000s of wonderful volunteers have been BOMBARDED by requests to DROP EVERYTHING & help w/ the mission for all adults to #GetBoostedNow , many of us giving up much needed days off. @BorisJohnson 1/7
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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The situation in the #NHS is as bad as I’ve ever known it. Multiple HCWs in our area are off sick with #COVID - nurses, consultants, GPs…all likely to be triple vaxed so they should avoid serious illness but still a risk of #LongCovid . The impact on ALL HEALTHCARE is HUGE! 1/9
@ChrisBurn_Post
Chris Burn
2 years
With rising Covid cases, York MP Rachael Maskell has called for free lateral flow testing to continue for another three months in England - as is being done in Wales. Health Minister Maggie Throup rejected the idea, saying: "We have moved on and broken the chain of tranmission."
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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#PrimeMinister do you really understand the seriousness & gravity of what you’ve done? You have today signed the unnecessary death warrants of 1000s of innocent ppl & consigned many 1000s of others to long term debilitating illness.🧵 @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet @sajidjavid
@BorisJohnson
Boris Johnson
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WATCH LIVE: My statement in the @HouseOfCommons on coronavirus
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Hey @rcgp Just a quick❓re the MRCGP exam… I’m assuming it’s now redundant? GP registrars can presumably now just transfer from their last training job into a M-F 9-5 job in general practice alongside their PA colleagues & earn upwards of £45000 from the ARRS from the start?
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
1 year
….during an ongoing pandemic of a novel virus. NONE 😡! Paediatric medicine in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in 2023 has reached a shocking new low. @RCPCHPresident @CMO_England @CNOEngland @ChildrensComm @H_S_E 8/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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£98.95 at @BootsUK …FFS 🤬! How to tell ppl on low incomes, during a #CostOfLivingCrisis & an ongoing pandemic, that their lives don’t matter. Despicable profiteering enabled by UK govt. #Democide Covid vaccine to be sold on high street for first time
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Morning @krishgm , Re #schools - the question that should be asked of EVERY MP/commentator supporting #schoolsreopening fully next week is very simple - “Would you feel happy to work in a poorly ventilated room with up to 30 unmasked others for 6 hrs a day whilst #COVID19 ....1
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
People will die as result, others will get #LongCovid , families will be bereaved, ALL UNNECESSARILY! People who’ve followed such a selfish & ignorant example, ppl who’ve believed the relentless govt spin that we must learn to #LiveWithCovid , “open up”, “get back to normal”… 4/
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
1 year
By refusing to come to the table or listen to the reasons for feeling their only option is strike action, it is THIS GOVT putting the lives, health & wellbeing of the public at risk This crisis is 100% on you! @SteveBarclay @DHSCgovuk @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt @ConfedMatthew 6/
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
3 years
Mr Williamson, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to contain my horror at #DfE plans for the return to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿schools this week. Such insincere tweets are deeply offensive to anyone who’s been personally affected by serious acute #COVID , #LongCovid or been bereaved by it. 1/14
@GavinWilliamson
Sir Gavin Williamson MP
3 years
Delighted to see students already starting to return to school and college. This academic year let’s get back to a greater sense of normality but continue to keep some of the measures to protect ourselves from Covid.
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Almost 1yr on & this comment is even more poignant 😞! I honestly never believed it was possible in the UK to witness so much intentional callousness & total disregard for the lives of others. Chilling & heartbreaking in equal measure. #Covid19UK @theAliceRoberts
@theAliceRoberts
Prof Alice Roberts💙
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What’s been extraordinary during this pandemic is realising just how much more valuable a human life is in New Zealand than here in the UK.
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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1) Y’day I saw a patient who wanted this story told. The 40+ yr old X was diagnosed w/ #Covid19 on 24th Dec. X’s teenage daughter was sent home from school to isolate during the last week of term after a friend developed #Covid . X was previously fit & well, on no medication.
@BylineTimes
Byline Times
3 years
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Gavin Williamson Re-Opened Schools with No Safety Measures after Legal Threat from Parents' Lobbying Group UsforThem and Law Firm Advising the Government Part 1 of a special investigation from @NafeezAhmed 🔽
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Morning @RishiSunak if you’ve got a moment, please could you read this👇🏼& explain to the 🇬🇧public, many of whom are experiencing significant hardship atm… WHERE THE £37 BILLION SPENT ON #SercoTestAndTrace HAS GONE? @hmtreasury @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet @Conservatives
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
👋JCVI….please please offer these @MHRAgovuk approved vaccines to 5-12yr olds rather than waste them? Do not deny 🇬🇧 parents the choice to protect their children if they wish! @CMO_England @RCPCHtweets @ChildrensComm @chris_salt @Sandyboots2020 @dgurdasani1 @SGriffin_Lab
@JeremyFarrar
Jeremy Farrar
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Covid booster jabs in England to be thrown away as demand falls. So tragic if true when so many people around the world wait for their first vaccine
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Every day that passes denying vaccination to 🇬🇧5-12yr olds will result in harm to a child somewhere @RCPCHPresident @Rachel_deSouza . The #JCVI ’s REFUSAL TO OFFER these children an @MHRAgovuk approved vaccine is IMO a national safeguarding concern. #DeliberateMassInfection 1/
133 children have now died from Covid in the U.K. 🕯 💔. Many thousands are disabled by LC. Still no choice to vaccinate our children despite many countries in the world who have already provided that choice. Ideology & corruption come before child health, again. Despicable.
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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There’s really no point in me mincing my words… ❗️THE SITUATION IS ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE❗️ Telling the public that “pressures on the #NHS are currently sustainable”, is frankly a disingenuous lie. You & I both know that! @BorisJohnson 2/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
1 year
And - ZERO THOUGHT for how increased demands on an increasingly stretched #NHS workforce may worsen the situation for the 1000s of other patients needing care or the individuals desperately trying to do their best in a deliberately broken service…. 7/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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I read this with horror… The government’s plan for ‘Living SAFELY with Covid’ is a terrifying joke. The key to their ‘strategy’ is to conceal the truth & allow spread to continue unchecked. #WilfulNegligence @sajidjavid @wesstreeting @LaylaMoran @AppgCoronavirus @DHSCgovuk 1/
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@Dr2NisreenAlwan
Prof Nisreen Alwan 🌻
2 years
Free testing & supported isolation planned to end. If you get #LongCovid & you’re not hospitalised in the acute phase or high-risk u won’t have a test to prove infection. This is likely to affect your care & employment rights if off-sick. Back to square 1.
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@AlisonGeorge10
Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
2 years
@tomwatson @AngelaR74251848 Absolutely superb move by King Charles 👍🏼👏🏼👌🏼 #ClimateEmergency #COP27
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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I’m no expert… But sitting a sick, coughing patient w/ a contagious infection in a busy waiting room for 5hrs, surrounded by multiple patients w/ a panoply of health problems & doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to limit spread to others is neither wise, kind OR economically astute. 4/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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One of the most bizarre & troubling bits of the #ReopeningSchools saga is that @educationgovuk & @BorisJohnson have ignored every single plea from teachers, early years staff, pupils & their families to #MakeSchoolsSafe & wasted all the months they have had to do so. 1/14 🧵
@Zubhaque
Dr Zubaida Haque
3 years
The compromise with Prof Chris Whitty about #ReopeningSchools for all pupils on March 8 should NOT be No10 coming up with "a formulation of words that Whitty can live with.” It should be ensuring that schools are covid-safe environments *for everyone* before schools reopen.
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Good afternoon #PrimeMinister , Reading the @Telegraph article below has caused me significant angst. As a healthcare professional who has seen just what #COVID19 can do, I am struggling to understand the rationale behind this decision. 🧵 @BorisJohnson
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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2 of those 10 MASKLESS ppl were patients with suspected #COVID19 . All said they didn’t have a 😷…(they had to have one to get through reception!) They were, as you can imagine, less than pleased when I informed them that they MUST #WearAMask when in a hospital, because… 2/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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NO ONE is accusing parents of being selfish! BUT the situation in the UK is DESPERATELY SERIOUS! The more kids in school & nurseries, the more healthcare workers will get ill or need to isolate due to #Covid impacting on #NHS staff levels. 1/5
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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@sajidjavid @sajidjavid 👋I’m struggling to find polite words to respond to such an ignorant, patronising & disingenuous tweet! The #NHS has been ABANDONED,YOUR decision to IGNORE #COVID will CRUSH IT completely & kill/harm 1000s of innocent ppl along the way. How dare you talk of FREEDOM!
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@SmallBigWord We’ve been completely abandoned & I’m not sure how much more we have in us. Staff are totally exhausted, morale is rock bottom. Dealing w/ hostility from unmasked patients is adding to distress. But Govt is neither listening nor cares! @ShaunLintern @ChrisCEOHopson @CNagpaul
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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What about VULNERABLE CHILDREN, VULNERABLE FAMILIES & VULNERABLE STAFF @nadhimzahawi - what the hell is your message to them? “You don’t matter!”? Really? To save THAT MAN, you would do this? @susannareid100 @Matthew_Wright @CarolineLucas @cv_cev @_f4vl @OneVoice_Group @GMB
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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1/ A few questions for @UKHSA & @sajidjavid WHAT IF patients w/ #monkeypox present to A+E w/ atypical symptoms, oblivious to the fact that they may have a HCID? WHAT IF patients w/ #monkeypox sit in busy waiting rooms surrounded by other patients without a mask for several hrs?
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Ah. I see. We’ve moved seamlessly into the ‘Let’s remove all trace of the word AIRBORNE from #NHS advice for #COVID19 so no one will expect clean air or masking in healthcare settings & other key locations like schools.” WTH 🤬! #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver @NHSEngland 1/
@LibDemPatrick
Cllr Oliver Patrick 🔶 🇬🇧 🍏 🕊
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🚨 VENTILATION ADVICE DROPPED FROM NHS WEBSITE 🚨 Meanwhile, hand-washing comes in at no.2 on the list of things to do to stop spreading an ***airborne virus***... An honest mistake? @NHSuk please put ventilation back on the menu. ℹ���
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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So my advice to the negotiating team today is to turn the issue on its head & ask… “Why would 🇬🇧 trained #JuniorDoctors NOT leave to work abroad?” And… “What can we offer these #JuniorDoctors in the way of pay & conditions that will encourage them to stay in the UK.?” 5/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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At the risk of sounding like a stuck record could someone at @NHSEngland please, PLEASE mandate #MasksInHealthcare TODAY🙏🏼! Y’day 2/3 of ppl I saw as GP in ED had a cough. Most sat for 4hrs + in the packed waiting rooms….coughing! @AmandaPritchard @NHSEnglandNMD #NHS 🚨 1/5
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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It doesn’t matter whether a child presents with a high temperature, cough & intermittent SOB. If the answers to the these 3 questions are all NO, they are considered as #COVID ✖️ NOT EVEN if the child is clinically vulnerable in some way themself. 4/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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A reckless & brutal decision that has NOTHING to do w/ #FollowingTheScience or public health! It’s about pleasing greedy, self-motivated, scientifically illiterate @conservatives TO SAVE ONE MAN’s POLITICAL SKIN! Where are @CMO_England @uksciencechief & Prof Van-Tam? 1/4
@cv_cev
Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Mr Javid, I read your @DailyMailUK article w/ interest🧐 The word that keeps popping up in discussions on whether the #NHS is/will be overwhelmed is ‘THRESHOLD’. As a HCW I am keen to understand what the THRESHOLD for increasing PROTECTIONS is? @sajidjavid @BorisJohnson 1/11
@sajidjavid
Sajid Javid
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We start the new year in a far stronger position than 12 months ago, thanks to vaccines, testing and new treatments. Restrictions must be an absolute last resort as we learn to live with Covid. My article @DailyMailUK 👇🏾
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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FGS, when will this negligent nightmare stop? If a patient died due to my actions/inactions, an inquiry would look at every record & piece of documentation regarding their care. It would NOT be up to ME to decide which bits could or couldn’t be seen! @GoodLawProject 1/3
@ros_hutchinson
Ros Hutchinson
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No big surprises here as the Govt tries to block disclosures to the Covid inquiry in case Ministers are sued. @AlisonGeorge10 @Sandyboots2020 #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask
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3/Only a handful of <12s have been vaccinated & many 12-16yr olds aren’t fully vaccinated. What in god’s name do you think you are doing removing face😷s from schools now? MORE CHILDREN WILL DIE, MORE FAMILIES WILL BE BEREAVED… @RCPCHPresident @Rachel_deSouza @CovidJusticeUK
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Please watch this @BBCPanorama . As a dr who bought festival rain macs to wear for home visits to patients with #COVID19 , the issue of #PPEcontracts & #torycronyism is particularly personal. Huge thanks to @JolyonMaugham @GoodLawProject & @BylineTimes for their tireless work🙏🏻.
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Panorama, BBC 1 tonight 7.35pm PPE scandal: "As gov faces mounting criticism that well-connected people made millions out of Britain's PPE crisis, Panorama investigates who won out. £12 billion + was spent in first 6 months of pandemic on contracts to provide PPE... "
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Did I hear @GavinWilliamson right? Did he just say that between Sept & Dec 20 the mitigations in schools were “INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL”? Does he think that by saying such inaccurate & disingenuous nonsense on national TV IT WILL BE SO? @RidgeOnSunday @SophyRidgeSky #Covid19UK
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The ONLY WAY to make any sense of the changes to isolation policy, in combination w/ the removal of virtually all mitigations across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿society, is that the @PrimeMinister @sajidjavid & @10DowningStreet ACTIVELY WANT ppl to catch AND spread #coronavirus . @dgurdasani1 @TimesRadio
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"None of those changes make sense and none of them is evidenced." Epidemiologist Dr Deepti Gurdasani criticises the changes to self-isolation policy and says the UK is not "learning from the global evidence". @lukejones03 | @dgurdasani1
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2/You know the pain of losing a loved one to #COVID19 , but are willing to subject millions of others to that pain to save @BorisJohnson , a man devoid of a moral compass or a shred of integrity & humanity! @educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP @LaylaMoran @AppgCoronavirus @karamballes
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@andrew_croxford I am certain that the hospitalisation or death of a parent or close relative is likely to be far more significant to most young children!
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@dgurdasani1 @Zubhaque I watched this interview with horror! Thank you @Zubhaque for speaking for so many of us! Listening to Paul Hunter sent a shiver down my spine, it would appear that the govt & advisors have essentially given up, can no longer be bothered….. #SurvivalOfTheFittest #Covid19UK
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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Hi @nandwics … Your advert really concerns me. As you know, there are multiple causes of abdominal pain, some of which are v serious & can even be fatal. Appendicitis UTIs & kidney infections Kidney stones Gallstones & Cholecystitis Pancreatitis & pancreatic cancer… 1/6🧵
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@danielgoyal All we can do is fight fires now. Without the protection or resources, esp human, to do so. Mar 20 was scary, this is a whole diff level. They’re deliberately taking us towards a catastrophe & will then probs pull a new American model of healthcare out of the hat. Totally wicked!
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It’s really very simple…. #JuniorDoctors are highly qualified, motivated & resilient professionals. Their skills are in demand across the world & they could easily find employment outside 🇬🇧which would give them a better quality of life & significantly increased pay. 2/
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Morning @kategarraway & @benshephard , PLEASE don’t repeat the falsehood that 15M ppl “have been vaccinated”! 1 - it is not true - 15M have partial protection, far fewer have had both doses. 2 - ppl will believe, falsely, that THEY ARE PROTECTED, & will start to behave as such!
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How hard is it for the MSM & commentators to grasp that BEING VACCINATED against #COVID19 means TWO DOSES? #PressPreview @SkyNews @OborneTweets
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@lucyallan Lucy, as an MP you should not be spreading dangerous misinformation like this from the @Telegraph that undermines the vital public health messaging so urgently needed to protect us all. Your actions will cost lives. You should be ashamed! #NolanPrinciples @Conservatives
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We’re already seeing AVOIDABLE morbidity & mortality in the UK & over coming months, probably years, we will sadly see much much more! You starved the #NHS for 11yrs & with your woefully inadequate ignorant pandemic mismanagement, you have enabled it to be totally crushed. 12/
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As you’re actively ignoring desperate pleas from many ordinary Drs like me & from health/union leaders such as @CNagpaul @profchrisham @ChrisCEOHopson & from public health experts at @IndependentSage , @doctorshaib ….. We must assume @sajidjavid #ItsAllDeliberate Bravo👏 End
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As HCPs we’re seeing the effects of an #NHS forced into an AVOIDABLE state of chaos & crisis now. We can all see it & the government know it. The abject failure to take action can mean only one thing - #ItsAllDeliberate @sajidjavid @BorisJohnson #YourNHSNeedsYou #WriteToThem 👇🏼
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The abject failure to protect patients & staff from a novel virus (esp any who are vulnerable) AND protect what functioning healthcare capacity we still have so we can ‘see people smile’ is both an unacceptable & unforgivable farce. @RishiSunak @SteveBarclay @DHSCgovuk 7/
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Who’d have guessed,that 1000s of previously fit teachers repeatedly exposed to a dangerous new virus w/ little or no #PPE ,in V HIGH RISK settings,would get #LongCovid . Anyone? It’s not rocket science - #COVIDisAirborne The ongoing lack of mitigations in schools is unforgivable.
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'The number of teachers who may be affected with Covid-related long-term illness could be a ticking time-bomb,' warns @PatrickR_NASUWT #nasuwt21
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Well this is interesting 🤨! It appears that Lord Bethell of “GPs don’t face huge amounts of complexity” fame, a passionate PA champion, may have a vested interest in pushing private 1° care 🚨 @natalieben @SalBrinton @KeeleyMP @ClaudiaWebbe @carolvorders @GoodLawProject 1/5
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Is General Practice FOR SALE? Private firms ‘lobby’ Lords & MPs as Govt courts the private sector in the future of the NHS Lords Farmer & Bethell, Centene, Virgin Care, Operose, HCRG, Twenty20 Operating a model of Primary Care aimed at profitability
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This makes me feel very angry indeed. Why are the rest of us not entitled to improved indoor air quality that keep’s airborne virus 🦠s & bacteria to a minimum, enhances feelings of wellbeing & ⬆️ productivity for the occupiers??? Why @RishiSunak ? WHY? @10DowningStreet @UKHSA
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Government ordered everyone back into work and schools, claiming we didn’t need clean air. Then installed air filters in Westminster for themselves to… “Reduce the spread of harmful toxins and Covid” 😡 #CovidisAirborne #Schools #Education #CleanAir
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After 5yrs min @ Uni they have many £1000s of debt, which drs of my age did not have. Being a dr is never ‘easy’ but if conditions & pay were supportive & appropriate to their skill level, they’d feel valued. Along w/ many friends, my eldest daughter is thriving working in🇦🇺. 3/
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4/….& MORE CHILDREN, FAMILIES & STAFF will get #LongCovid . Once you’ve seen #LongCovid up close & personal you wouldn’t wish it on any adult or child. What about the 113,000+ children who already have #LongCovid …do they not matter? @ChildrensComm @NAHTnews @Dr2NisreenAlwan
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1 - has the child or a family member recently travelled abroad? 2 - has the child or a family member recently tested positive for #COVID ? 3 - has anyone in the child’s home been asked to isolate for #COVID19 recently? & it gets worse…much worse. 2/
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So if a child/parent/caregiver answers NO to all 3 Qs they’re categorised as ‘ #COVID ✖️’, which is then handwritten on the front of the paper notes & entered into the computer (presumably for data collection). NB This information INFORMS other HCWs seeing the child re risk etc 3/
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@PeteUK7 Excellent thread @PeteUK7 … I’m going to use @Sandyboots2020 ’ response from now on - “I’m not anxious, I’m informed.” The drive to keep the public in the dark is huge! #COVIDisAirborne #VentilationMatters @H_S_E @DHSCgovuk @sajidjavid @BorisJohnson
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“Children w/ underlying conditions are no less precious. Their parents don’t love them any less!” Why these simple facts need to be stated in modern🇬🇧is beyond me… But thank you so much for doing so @DrAmirKhanGP 🙏🏻💙 #COVIDisAirborne #ThinkSmoke #UnsafeSchools @reallorraine
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I was on @lorraine earlier talking about the importance of good ventilation when it comes to reducing the risk of spreading Covid And how vulnerable children deserve to be protected in schools as much as anyone else
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@markspen9999 @NHSConfed We can’t…It will be impossible! Waiting rooms in GP surgeries, A&E, UTCs, outpatient departments will be deadly, esp if few are masked. Clinically vulnerable pts will be running a gauntlet every time they need care @markspen9999 ! #WilfulNegligence #LetTheBodiesPileHigh
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We’re unlikely to know how many ppl may have caught #COVID when they came to seek healthcare that day or how many staff were exposed while simply doing their job. But clearly asking patients/visitors to use their own judgment & advising staff to “be vigilant” IS NOT WORKING! 5/
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@PaulBrandITV I was at med school w/ Ravi. I know it’s a cliche, but he is a genuinely lovely person & this will have taken a huge toll on him personally along w/ his family & the other 6 consultants of course. My thoughts are w/ them & the bereaved parents/families💔 #LucyLetby #CoverUp
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5/As Education Secretary you presumably accept that children don’t live in isolation…they have parents/grandparents/aunts & uncles/younger siblings/teachers & carers… Just as cases seem to be peaking, you think it’s a good idea to pour a metaphorical can of petrol on the 🔥
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In the past 4 days 2 of my 3 adult children have had significant surgery, one planned, the other emergency. It’s been a horrendous experience but one w/ an end in sight. Family are everything♥️! My thoughts are w/ those who have spent days or weeks w/ family sick in hospital.
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5/ Have you considered the science that says that CROWDED, POORLY VENTILATED INDOOR SPACES ARE HIGH RISK & that there will be ongoing educational (& employment) disruption until VENTILATION IN SCHOOLS (& workplaces) is taken seriously & investment is provided for it?
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Fortunately the majority of them will return in a yr or so, but some will definitely not. My youngest daughter & some of her peers are likely to follow this path & some of them will stay. Can you see a pattern emerging? Locum drs as you know, are very expensive Mr Barclay. 4/
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Prime Minister, Can I take a moment of your time on the issue of #FreeSchoolMeals ? As a GP of 24yrs working in many deprived areas may I suggest you watch 2 films? “I, Daniel Blake” & “Sorry We Missed You”both by Ken Loach (2016 & 2019). 1)
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Not surprisingly anti-maskers are out in force! To them I’d say… “We all know someone who’s clinically vulnerable/extremely vulnerable. They HAVE to go to hospitals for regular care & like us all, may need urgent/emergency care too. As you enter a hospital just think of them🙏🏼”
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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@WorcsAcuteNHS @WorcsAcuteNHS 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼- now please could you spread the word to your fellow #NHS trusts so ALL patients in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 are able to seek healthcare without the risk of catching #COVID19 🙏🏼? #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsntOver #MasksInHealthcareNOW @NHSEngland @NHSEnglandNMD @AmandaPritchard
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1/Oh🤔… I thought @BorisJohnson had assured us that the pandemic in the UK was over? That we could abandon all #COVID19 mitigations & everything would be just fine, even in the #NHS ? Not so? #NHSCrisis #CovidIsNotOver @10DowningStreet @NHSEngland
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@Haggis_UK @danwootton I urge you not to spread false information about a dangerous, highly infectious disease. It is completely irresponsible to do so on the radio. “ #HerdImmunity “ is an ideology, NOT A STRATEGY! You are not qualified to say more than that. #COVID19 @RhonddaBryant
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11) But there is a special place *in hell* for our utterly corrupt & morally bankrupt government who’ve watched the loss of so many lives, livelihoods & the economic fallout (worsened by #Brexit ) w/ barely a flicker of remorse. THEY CARE ABOUT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE BUT THEMSELVES!
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This is utterly INSANE @nadhimzahawi & @educationgovuk , in fact IMO such recklessness with the lives of so many others is CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT! Will you be personally responsible for every child, family & staff member who is infected this week? @bphillipsonMP @NEUnion @NAHTnews
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Every day this week, in schools across the country, there are planned superspreading events. Is this sensible @nadhimzahawi / @sajidjavid ? #Omicron #educationANDlives #Christmas2021
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@BorisJohnson Prime minister, could I ask… Will the @CMO_England & @uksciencechief stand beside you tomorrow as you announce your ‘Live or die with #COVID , we do not care’ plan? What LIFE & FREEDOMs can the clinically vulnerable expect now? #WilfulNegligence @BorisJohnson @sophieraworth
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Hi @TVNaga01 , I am increasingly aware of a false narrative that is gaining traction. The claim that those of us rejecting today as “ #freedomdayUK ” are NERVOUS, ANXIOUS OVERLY CAUTIOUS types, is utter garbage. We are far from it…
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1/ Well said @SGriffin_Lab 👏 A 2-tier society is exactly where we’re heading! If you’re clinically vulnerable, disabled, elderly, have co-morbidities/mental health issues, on low income, live in a crowded multigenerational home or … @10DowningStreet
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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@HA_GaryHickey I have to say @HA_GaryHickey - that is a really shocking sight! I understand completely why you may wish to have full assembly halls like that, but wishing #COVID had gone will not make it so!
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The spread of #COVID19 from those 2 patients alone in the preceding 10-14/7 AND whilst sitting coughing in the packed waiting room is likely to be significant. To their families & communities, to other patients AND to staff. AVOIDABLE, UNNECESSARY SPREAD of #COVID19 ! 9/
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Dr Ali G #StandWithUkraine #CeasefireInGazaNow 💔
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If you’re wondering why I’ve not mentioned our most senior HCPs (CMO/deputy CMO, some SAGE members) in my list of those asking for help, it was deliberate, not an omission. Their silence suggests that any HCP “attached” to Govt is unable to speak independently to protect us.
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