@smithbarryc not a bad idea. If there was a journalist with a scintilla of decency, as their question they would play it to Hancock and ask what he learned from it.

@opento We need some science journalists at the news briefings

@smithbarryc Indeed. Many people here want to reopen, claiming we’ll be fine with serological test to unveil who is immunized. Forgetting that the estimated % of false positive is around 23!! Easy bet is that online teaching, masks, etc. will continue until vaccine will be available be

@GalleseVittorio That’s very likely. Testing, contact tracing and masks the new normal if there’s opening up. They need to add sudden onset anosmia to the symptoms. They will but how long will it take. Stay safe mon brave!

@smithbarryc Are there any hackers willing to indulge Barry C Smith and make his wish come true?

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson I wish we had a mutti like Merkel.

@Corneli43695619 @Nigella_Lawson All true and very worrying

@smithbarryc Women leaders seem to get the importance of people not dying

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson Excellent explanation of the margin of rates of infection.

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson Why can we not have a person of Merkels caliber to lead us - why was Johnson foisted upon us by Disaster Capitalist propaganda -

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson Someone please show this to Mr Trump!!

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson When it comes to an 'exit strategy' could we please have a hotline to Germany because, let's face it, they have managed the situation well: mass testing, lower cases and tragic deaths.

@smithbarryc It helps that Angela is a scientist by training.

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson I could listen to the Germans all day so sensible

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson Why can’t our government ministers talk and explain like Angela Merkel

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson I agree. you can tell the woman is very inteligent and that every one of us has to follow the lockdown.

@smithbarryc Perhaps you don’t understand the daily briefings. They regularly explain the R number which they believe is currently 1

@smithbarryc 🤔....... horses before carts until we are testing everyone thisbis like when we at school and we talked in models and ‘all other things being equal’ it’s crazy infectious but testing is the switch that turns the lights on in an obsticke course #stressfultimes

@smithbarryc @Nigella_Lawson Over and over and over as we wish we’d had an election candidate with half her credibility...