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Professor (emeritus) University of Oxford. Over 40 years in Educational research

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@sammons_pamela
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3 years
@nazirafzal You and your family are exceptionally brave and a shining example of public service and speaking truth to power
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@sammons_pamela
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@DavidGauke It is very much too little too late. Main transmission younger age groups. But no mitigations, no HEPA filters, masks in classes , bubbles to make schools safer. And no vaccinations for primary pupils. Boosters welcome but insufficient to combat the surge
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@bykatewomersley @BBCWorld A very sensitive statement @BBCWorld were such comments made when Cameron resigned or Johnson forced to resign here??
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@carolecadwalla @peterjukes It is shameful that those engaged in Cambridge Analytics and Vote Leave have not been held to account and prosecuted
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@PaulBrandITV @Mike_Fabricant They're completely shameless. Picking the day the Queen has a memorial service for her late husband. They partied on the eve of his funeral too. And on the day fines issued fort law breaking parties too
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@sammons_pamela
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3 years
@PippaCrerar Utterly shocking blatant disregard for public health . Gatherings banned to reduce transmission of a lethal virus killing ocer 150000 if fellow citizens. Vaccination programme barely started. It was reckless and antisocial beyond belief. Everyone who attended should be prosecuted
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@sammons_pamela
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6 months
@educationgovuk @ChristmasRowena @NHSuk Dear @ChristmasRowena I'm saddened by this 'advice'. My late husband, an East London GP & GP trainer, would be appalled. Sick children should not be sent to school. They'll get better faster with rest & any necessary treatment at home & avoid spreading infections to their peers
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@sammons_pamela
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4 years
@BBCPanorama @piyakhanna Why didn't the BBC promote this vital investigative Panorama programme? Usually it would be trailed extensively? Why didn't BBC news feature it?
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@carolecadwalla Thank you for your tenacity and honesty in the face of an arrogant and devious opponent who sought to silence you and mislead the public. I hope the Electoral Commission will take note
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@sammons_pamela
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@Gabriel_Pogrund Not the only cases the Met failed to investigate e.g. Partygate era under Johnson , cash for honours for assorted Conservative Party donors, Russian interference in election processes etc
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@josiahmortimer Council run nurseries typically have higher quality provision and more qualified staff. Closing such nurseries is an act of misplaced cost cutting and educational vandalism.
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@Gillgall23 @MichelleMone The honourable thing would be to return the monies
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@sammons_pamela
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4 years
@lewis_goodall Government science advisors on SAGE called for lockdown on 16th. Government didnt act and allowed Cheltenham races to go ahead. Many of us acted responsibly and locked down earlier. No thanks to Govt. Shameless attempt to rewrite history
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
2 years
@EmergMedDr @mattprescott Indeed I was sent surgical masks by kind former student in Hong Kong in early April 2020. Paid import duty myself. Donated packs to care homes, also to junior Dr for nurses on his ward & neighbour pharmacist for his staff. Govt. VIP Lane cronyism/corruption profiteering scandal
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@1goodtern Masks, HEPA filters improved air quality & ventilation. But it requires a public health campaign @UKHSA and leadership @CMO_England
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
2 years
@prospect_clark @mattprescott @NatCen @DrFrancesRyan @patrickjbutler Shocking but a trend for Conservative governments to suppress reports in recent years. Russian interference report not published
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
2 years
@JolyonMaugham Thanks for throwing light on this corruption and cronyism. VIPs given opportunity to profiteer in the pandemic and no doubt donor kickbacks to Conservative MPs and Ministers
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
9 months
@EmilyThornberry @campbellclaret I'm sure many of us believe the Government is hiding these data through embarrassment because it will highlight the extraordinary excesses and waste of public monies by the Johnson administration. Simon Case has many questions to answer as the Senior Civil Servant
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@fearnley_k @LaylaMoran @AppgCoronavirus So sorry for this avoidable illness due to government negligence in relation to PPE. My niece a GP caught covid running vaccination clinics in December 2020 gas suffered badly from long covid since
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1 year
@PippaCrerar @rowenamason We're not laughing. He broke the rules, put public health at risk,demeaned his office& partied while others put their lives at risk
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@ChrisBurn_Post My daughter, her partner, our granddaughter all caught covid 2 weeks ago, his mother and stepfather now infected . Stepfather has to miss heart scan scheduled this week. At least 5 neighbours in our village have COVID at present. Broken the chains of transmission an outright lie
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
2 years
@NasimiShabnam Appalling misogynistic action. Their fear of women and education beggars belief.
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@sammons_pamela
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1 year
@carolvorders All too familiar I'm old enough to remember this gerrymandering scandal
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
3 years
@Jeremy_Hunt Tragically the NHS budget in real terms has been subject to major loss in value since 2011 under 10 years of austerity. Pandemic Planning re Cygnus report 2016 IGNORED on your watch as Health Secretary. A shameful record devastating for patient care and for staff.
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@sammons_pamela
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9 months
@tigresseleanor Indeed Jenny Harries an example of dereliction of duty to protect public health, s shameful record of incompetent arrogant misinformation
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
4 years
@carolecadwalla The 'huge' brain has worked out well !! Cummings influencing SAGE, unscientific herd immunity strategy. Highest excess deaths well over 65000 now. Retrospective doctoring blog to pretend foresight. No super forecaster just a super spreader of failed ideas, wasted public monies
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@michaelsavage Cash for honours again
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2 months
@David_Challen He wouldn't pass DBS checking safeguarding process with his record to work with children or be in a volunteer role either. Seems bizarre to allow him access to young people under age 18 at Olympic venue & accommodation, plus a dreadful role model
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@CTRH Scandalous misuse of a period of 'mourning'. We will all mourn the loss of environmental protections , workers' rights and other changes by this unelected PM and government
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@1goodtern Sadly yes a very misleading comment at the time and proven wrong . She also claimed Cheltenham Races were acceptable ( a huge super spreader event in spring 2020) and masks unnecessary. A dangerous woman putting public health at risk
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@MrJohnNicolson @piyakhanna Yet @CommonsSpeaker didn't rebuke PM for his long record of insults to opposition MPs or his misogynistic behaviour in refusing refer to women such as Angela Rayner as 'right honourable '
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@sammons_pamela
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2 months
@PoliticsJOE_UK I trust @educationgovuk will make transparent what happened to these new school monies
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@lewis_goodall Tragedy of immense scale. A foretaste of global suffering from climate change . Yet Conservative leadership contenders in UK promise to reverse green energy policies and are guided by climate change deniers
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@sammons_pamela
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@JujuliaGrace Indeed a family member just tested positive so has to miss heart scan scheduled this week. Neighbour a nurse tested positive has to miss her knee replacement operation scheduled for 6th April
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@sammons_pamela
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3 years
@educationgovuk Completely misleading comment by DfE, clearly ignoring research and evidence on transmission
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@sammons_pamela
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8 months
@1goodtern Remember Gove Secretary of State for Education, Dominic Cummings his unelected Advisor at DfE. Cancelled Building Schools for the Future, Sure Start Children’s Centres policy, denigrated experts. Promoted wasteful 'free schools' Dreadful legacy, failed children
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@sammons_pamela
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@REWearmouth How many extra cases will be result of this reckless decision? Adverse health & economic impact in affected areas + dangers of transmission eg long covid, further variants possible, school closures where cases cluster etc. To avoid 'offending Modi' or for electoral adv.??
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@sammons_pamela
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@implausibleblog Look at ONS figures, examine Joseph Rountree research reports, study work by Sir Michael Marmot 's Institute @MichaelMarmot . It doesn't matter what Lucy Fraser ' thinks' when there is hard evidence she's wrong. Child poverty has increased hugely under 14 yrs austerity policies
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@sammons_pamela
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3 years
@ReicherStephen He's failing to protect public but by removing the guidance to obtain a PCR test if LFT is positive the number of cases will be obscured. Many may not be able or bother to go online and log their LFT results
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@premnsikka Thanks for raising this important issue. Once again evidence women are treated as 2nd class citizens. Far more female pensioners live in poverty than males as they rely more on the state pension
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@zackferguson He ignored Cygnus report on need for pandemic preparations in 2016 as Health Secretary, supported austerity measures that deeply damaged NHS, eroded staff pay, part of a Govt that squandered Β£37 billion on failed test& trace, VIP lane PPE scandal, profiteering in the pandemic
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@sammons_pamela
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3 years
@Permoman Utter folly they still pursue tgeir dangerous and impossible herd immunity dream. A nightmare for vulnerable patients and hospital staff. Decades of long covid cases and I'll health will follow and thousands of preventable deaths
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@sammons_pamela
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4 years
@BenKentish Gov't ignored advice by SAzgE and independent SAGE group advice to have a circuit breaker in October linked to half term. Keir Starmer also advocated this. Lockdown was too little too lste just as in Wave 1 and now Wave 3
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@sammons_pamela
pamela.sammons
3 years
@trishgreenhalgh I had planned to go through the report in detail this weekend but I am shocked to learn it fails to mention masks or facecoverings and ventilation. A scandalous & no doubt politically motivated omission given covid is recognised as driven by aerosol transmission
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@sammons_pamela
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4 years
@mojitoBaB Please don't fall for right wing agenda of phony culture wars trying to divide a pit groups aginst eachother. Education and misleading news were key factors. Many over 60s votes to stay in EU, look after grandchildren support our own children and care about both young and old.
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@mikegalsworthy Truss was Johnson's choice too. He's certainly had far too close Russian links Relationships, donations from oligarchs, partying with Lebdevev son of KGB agent, not trusted as Foreign Secretary list goes on and on
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@sammons_pamela
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@williamnhutton @FT A foolish comment. Many pensioners especially women are poor, and worse hit by cost oflivingcrisis. Our state pension is the lowest in Europe. Focus on taxing income and wealth,don't pit young against old. It's divisive.
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@sammons_pamela
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@MartinPengelly @LeightonAndrews @carolecadwalla Exceptionally worrying and a tragedy & scandal that Dominic Cummings who is in contempt of Parliament for failure to give evidence & answer questions re Cambridge Analytics scandal & Vote Leave fraud is PMs chief advisor let loose to manipulate Civil Service
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@Soc_Sciences Yes I'm most concerned Chris Whitty is ignoring the elephant in the room, cardiovascular & neurological effects of even so called 'mildcovid' and its damage to immune system @CMO_England
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@sammons_pamela
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1 year
@edwinhayward No money for teachers, doctors and nurses though!
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1 year
@ESNEFT Wonderful news I hope other hospitals follow your lead. The Government should fund these important patient and staff safety measures to protect from aerosol transmission of covid flu & other viruses & bacteria @SteveBarclay @DrSteveTaylor @BBCNews
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@sammons_pamela
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3 years
@JujuliaGrace @EveryDoctorUK And many GPs put their lives at risk. My GP niece worked in vaccine clinic till Christmas tested positive Boxing Day. Still had phone consultantations with patients while isolating till acute tachycardia & still has bad symptoms Long COVID now. Age 35 mum to 2 young children
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@ewanbirney Useful thread. However should mention we do not know numbers of people tested. We do know getting a test is difficult for many. We also know track& trace isn't working. Thus increase is a big concern. Death only tip of COVID iceberg, long term health probs & asymptomatic spread.
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@MaudMcCutcheon So sorry for this tragic and avoidable crisis. 12 yrs of austerity, Brexit, staff shortages and illnesses and letting covid rip a toxic mix
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@RhonddaBryant Why hasn't Conservative party and all individual MPs who've had Russian donations spoken out publicly and donated said funds to Ukrainian charities??
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@PippaCrerar @Mark_Spencer I care very much. My GP niece caught covid running vaccination clinics before she was protected by vaccines & without adequate PPE. She had severe tachycardia and exhaustion & still has symptoms of Long Covid. Hundreds of Health care workers died while No 10 held parties!!!
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@Dr_Pam_Jarvis @10DowningStreet Yes stepdaughter primary teacher caught covid hospitalised. We couldn't see her or grandchildren took food & left on doorstep in Birmingham. Youngest daughter in Tier 4 London couldn't visit us. GP niece vaccinating elderly tested +tive covid on Boxing Day still has long covid
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@implausibleblog Absolutely correct. The strikes cost more than resolving them but we're used by Conservatives to stoke culture wars & division while trashing vital services & NHS
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@sammons_pamela
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@JMPSimor Our university making sensible decisions & colleagues cancelling events/conferences. I declined Cabinet Office invitation for central London meeting in late March & I advised Cabinet Office a virtual meeting far more appropriate given COVID-19 emergency. Lead by example
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@andrewgregory @TheBMA The BMA @The BMA is speaking truth to power and putting public health first. A sad indictment of the stance by Whitty and Vallence
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@sammons_pamela
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@ChaplainChloe @MrMarkEThomas Prof Doyle was of course correct in all her statements while Grim Reaper Hancock was full of hubris like Johnson
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@sammons_pamela
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@smithsmm 10 years of austerity cuts particularly affecting most disadvantaged LAs and areas. Cuts to police, social services, youth work, Sure Start Children's Centres. NHS 10000doctors 40000 nurses numbers down pre pandemic since 2010. Loss of public services on which all depend
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@sammons_pamela
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@michael_hoerger I trust @UKHSA @BBCNews @CMO_England and others that downplayed risks of covidcto children and used them as part of a flawed & dangerous herd immunity strategy are shamed
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@Dr_D_Robertson She claimed Cheltenham races low risk, masks unnecessary except in developing countries and schools safe. Her track record is shameful and is absolutely the wrong choice
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@AdamBienkov I think it's very much in the public interest and the public are indeed very much interested . Not so much in the PM's interest of course.
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@trishgreenhalgh @farid__jalali These are undoubtedly strong scientific arguments for masking especially when rates of covid, flu & other respiratory viruses are high to help reduce transmission. Most important in health settings, shops, public transport & crowded indoor contexts especially classrooms.
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@SueSuezep @marcuschown And Jeremy Hunt ignored the Cygnus report in 2016 on pandemic preparations and PPE stockpiles run down
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@SMHopkins @UKHSA Good advice but why no mention of covid re co-infection? It's known to damage immune system & young children are not being protected by vaccination or mitigations. Flu vaccination very important but Govt. denies vaccination to under 5 Yr olds in contrast to other countries
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@sammons_pamela
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@chrisgreybrexit Why does he get different treatment compared with exposure of Green Party LibDems or Labour Party by supine media including @BBCBreaking @BBC
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1 year
@edwinhayward @piyakhanna Utterly unbelievable anti public health
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1 month
@gloshospitals Very disappointed in this gaslighting. Real concerns about patient safety and medical standards ignored.
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@AtomicAnalyst @mattprescott Sober reminder of why we still need strong & independent environmental regulations to protect workers, the public & the planet. Shameful that in UK government plans to cut regulations @RishiSunak see dreadful sewage situation to gauge effects @Feargal_Sharkey @Ruthedwardsmp2
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@sammons_pamela
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@patrickkmaguire Perhaps pay more attention to recent scandals involving misuse of public monies for mistresses. Johnson & Jennifer Accuri . Johnson trying to get Carrie Symonds a high paid position in the Civil Service. I'm sure there's far more interest in such egregious nepotism &corruption
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@Dr_D_Robertson Government repeats mistakes if past for populist reasons to pretend pandemic over whil cases rising fastest in unprotected primary age group and pre- schools and more paediatric admissions to hospital.
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@sammons_pamela
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@chrischirp Shocking what does she mean by 'a natural thing'??? My daughter studied physics further maths, maths, French and English at AS . She went on to read physics at Oxford ( before I worked at Oxford BTW)
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@uksciencechief The pandemic isn't over, role of public health has been downgraded. Ignoring need for mitigations & vaccination especially re clean air filtration & high quality masks a communication failure. You & @CMO_England have remained silent since the premature lifting of all restrictions
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@sammons_pamela
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3 years
@hzeffman @DocRods Indeed it does Simon Case needs to be investigated himself with his team and stand down immediately
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@Chl0eReeves Indeed 12 yrs deeply damaging austerity policies, huge cuts to Local Authority budgets, led to closures/hollowing out of Sure Start Children’s Centres. See our ECCE national evaluation of impact Sammons et al 2015 DfE funded + Stop Start study Smith et al for Sutton Trust
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@JohndickensSW @karamballes Pity Gove et al cancelled the National Numeracy Strategy. Might have helped get the sums right πŸ˜€
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@AlanBrownSNP What a wicked decision. We know fossil fuel companies make donations to Conservatives
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4 months
@andrewoneillHT Also how many focus on the 1000s closures to Sure Start Children’s Centres
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3 years
@timspector @Oldboatie I'm still logging and very grateful for your work and data. Transmission through the roof, just heard daughter's partner come down on Friday, so many cases and sadly being ignored for political reasons .
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@zamaan_qureshi @carolecadwalla I deleted my Facebook account due to Cambridge Analytics scandal and Vote Leave fraud in UK several years ago donand don't miss it at all. If masses do so Facebook will have to change or perish
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@sammons_pamela
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@RhonddaBryant She was also inexperienced for the role and lost a job at CCHQ for 'fiddling' her massive use of taxis . Quite inappropriate for a role requiring trust. He only qualification that mattered was being PM'S current squeeze at the time
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@sammons_pamela
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@erbrooker @PWGTennant Indeed my husband and I locked down ourselves on March 7th. My university (Oxford) sent students home soon after and many businesses sent staff to work at home. First wave would have been even worse but for sensible actions by many of us
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3 years
@globalhlthtwit They have failed to speak truth to power and put public health first. Loss of integrity .
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3 years
@trishgreenhalgh You as ever did the right thing but your family suffered. We did not mix to avoid possibility of transmission. The revelation about partying in this pandemic is shameful but sadly all too believable of this PM and government
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2 years
@WritesBright No wonder Gove trying to silence The Good LawProject. Eyewatering cronyism & likely corruption re VIP lane
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2 years
@AdamBienkov Gosh he's been truthful for once about the damage inherent in implementing the disastrous hard Brexit deal
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4 years
@carolecadwalla @BBCr4today Clearly wife believes God moves in a mysterious way. The selfishness to put grandparents at risk while showing COVID symptoms odd. Suggests Cummings not a very kind man rather a believer in herd immunity who doesn't care if a few pensioners die including his own parents
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@sammons_pamela
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@UKHSA But young people not eligible for a covid vaccination in England despite clear evidence of harm from long covid risk in current wave. Huge potential for transmission as many thousands of students move around the country. Public health failure shameful @CMO_England @BBCNews
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@sammons_pamela
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4 years
@HarrietHarman Thank you Harriet femicide seems to be regarded as less serious than other murders
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@danielgoyal @JoePajak Government by sound bite and three word slogans. No intention or interest in the hard work of delivering policy
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@sammons_pamela
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2 years
@john_actuary @NickTriggle It ignores one of main purposes of LFT to check you are still negative and so safer to visit vulnerable relatives, go to work in enclosed spaces etc.
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@sammons_pamela
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4 years
@ByDonkeys Amazing analogy am waiting for the political tide to turn and wash away Gove and his lies
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2 months
@PPaauk @Statsjamiefact @pa_StephenNash @Adam_Skeen A 'vast' focus in 2 years seems highly implausible
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@sammons_pamela
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@iDrSunny A shameful tissue of lies about PA qualifications & examinations
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2 years
@LucyGoBag @BBCNews And government ignored the 2016 Cygnus report on need for pandemic planning as top risk facing UK!!!
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