Falculty AI, formerly ASI, were Cummings’ data wizards during the unlawful Vote Leave campaign
“One NHS document suggests that, two weeks ago, Faculty considered running a computer simulation to assess the impact of a policy of “targeted herd immunity”. https://t.co/gYeCZ9QgDM— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) April 12, 2020
So Cummings/Johnson's lethal "herd immunity" experiment was most certainly not based on any clinical evidence, but is now killing over 1000 people a day in the UK. How long before they are prosecuted ? I ask on behalf of the 10,000 who have so far died , and those who will die
— Joshua Silver (@eyejosh) April 12, 2020
A quick glance at #TomorrowsPapersToday suggests a pretty even split between the Boris Easter Miracle and UK Worst in Europe. Tricky week for the government lies ahead.
— lukemcgee (@lukemcgee) April 12, 2020
Jesus wept pic.twitter.com/NRvlKmGGuE
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) April 12, 2020
BORIS! BORIS! BORIS!
(Oh and btw 10K have now died in the UK from #coronavirus) pic.twitter.com/CQS6FaxDbK
— Jay Motty (@RFFH) April 12, 2020
It is great to see Boris Johnson recover. Great to see him thank two nurses; one from New Zealand (Go Jenny from Invercargill) and one from Portugal. Great to hear him thank the NHS so strongly too.
Hopefully now he’ll reflect on his policy and rhetoric in the future too. pic.twitter.com/FhDClKpeV2
— Richard Hills (@richardhills777) April 12, 2020
Go on Carrie, give it a go. You could ask Boris to put their wages up! https://t.co/asLlmMaDI1
— Mandoline Word-Smith (@Mandoline_Blue) April 12, 2020
Anyone else think they’re protecting brand Boris through the worst of this nightmare in order for him to escape the flak when it eventually flies?
I can’t believe Cummings & the Tory’s wouldn’t have an out-game planned.
This will always be politics.#ToTweetTheUntweetableTweet— Reece Dinsdale (@reece_dinsdale) April 12, 2020
The time for excuses is over. Boris Johnson's government slammed for ineptitude, PPE shortages and insufficient tests, as UK's official death toll exceeds 10,000 https://t.co/Bmh6yCyq5E
— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) April 12, 2020
Priti Patel speaks of #covid deaths and family tragedy with no emotion at all. Just reading off an auto cue. Not a great look. No wonder Cummings has had her in hiding for the last three weeks pic.twitter.com/PfDzWRgeDm
— Kevin Pascoe #SocialistLabour (@KevinPascoe) April 11, 2020
and if you read one thread, read this one…
I don't understand the British media. I really, really don't.
Basic things: Ireland and the UK started this pandemic with roughly the same number of ICU beds (6.5 per 100,000 for Ireland, 6.6 per 100,000 in the UK).
If anything, the UK was slightly better off. pic.twitter.com/owhHMUZccU
— Elaine Doyle (@laineydoyle) April 12, 2020
and maybe this one…
Failing to hold Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson to account: what I learned. You have to act now. After the event is after the event. You’ll be told to ‘move on’, to ‘get over it’ to ‘look forward’. This is already happening now. While people are dying.
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) April 12, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
Trump didn’t hedge on the Navarro email. He wasn’t ambiguous. He said he didn’t know about it. And then said didn’t ask to see it either. Why would he ask to see it if he wasn’t aware of it? It all comes out eventually. https://t.co/aFN8A68b1i
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 12, 2020
President Trump’s trade advisor, Peter Navarro, calls the suggestion that there were warnings of catastrophic consequences from a pandemic “fake news.” But after our interview, a late January memo he wrote surfaced warning almost exactly that. https://t.co/qRXfk86rzx pic.twitter.com/YXCrEOV1af
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 12, 2020
Translation: “Everything in the story is correct.” https://t.co/91BtXknLko
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 13, 2020
Peter Navarro could have had a commendable legacy-the guy who in lateJan warned Trump a looming pandemic cd kill a half million Americans. We all know that for the next 2 months Trump did nothing but spin fictional narratives. And now Navarro is just another liar for Trump
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) April 13, 2020
Fauci confirms New York Times report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice https://t.co/jAT0Lg3i0L
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) April 13, 2020
Trump has delivered his first public rebuke of Dr. Fauci by resharing a tweet that said "Time to #FireFauci." https://t.co/efTd1E7GnO
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 13, 2020
President Trump is a master storyteller. He casts himself as the hero and chooses different villains every day. All of us should see his briefings for what they are — sales pitches. They're more like infomercials than accurate sources of info. pic.twitter.com/mAh7hx9322
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 12, 2020
How do we get out of this when 30 percent of the nation is unable to discern reality from fantasy?https://t.co/yotoqaQCEg
— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) April 13, 2020
Meanwhile…
Trump Has Now Shifted $1.9 Million From Campaign Donors To His Business via @forbes https://t.co/PRpdFIDkiE
— 💙 Koko 🥁 💙 (@Kokomothegreat) April 13, 2020
The incomparable @JaneMayerNYer on Mitch McConnell is every bit as good as you'd expect it to be, including arguably the best paragraph ever written on the Kentucky crusher of democracy pic.twitter.com/XK2tWqPiDp
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) April 12, 2020
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ELSEWHERE
President Trump spoke to President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
Nothing about the Coronavirus, election interference, Syria and nothing about the murder of American journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. pic.twitter.com/lfads5wvOT
— Zach D Roberts (@zdroberts) April 13, 2020
“Some countries initially talked about herd immunity as a strategy. In New Zealand we never, ever considered that. It would have meant tens of thousands of New Zealanders dying" — New Zealand PM – who could she possibly mean? #torybrexit Britain
— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 🕷🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴☠️ (@g_gosden) April 12, 2020
Sierra Leone has 13 ventilators for 7.65 million people
Central African Republic has 3 ventilators for 4.6 million people
Liberia has 3 ventilators for 4.8 million people
South Sudan has 4 ventilators for 11 million people https://t.co/I2P7AiY6wI
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 12, 2020
Masayoshi Son's $2 billion guarantee at risk as coronavirus hits a SoftBank star https://t.co/ut6g3P77W2
— Bloomberg (@business) April 12, 2020
“We must start planning for when all these things happen at once, because the national intelligence agencies say they will” https://t.co/qotV5RAUWH
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 13, 2020
Finally…
This music has been with me for 60 years. It's seen me through times of stress, loss, joy, and transition. It's connected me to others all over the world and helped me to understand life in new ways.
Bach: Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major #songsofcomfort pic.twitter.com/w6P148DmKS
— Yo-Yo Ma (@YoYo_Ma) April 12, 2020
The Overnight Note 