#Public

1. As promised, a thread on what we are doing in public health departments during this COVID-19 pandemic. From the beginning we were responsible for our own regional contact tracing.
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1/ I have a new piece out today in @TIME about the moment we’re witnessing — a departure from free-market orthodoxy, and the realization that the market depends on the
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Melbourne metro and Mitchell Shire eg most areas around Melbourne in stage 3 lockdown from 11.59pm tomorrow night for six weeks until August 19. No visitors at home. Can only
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End confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees @ishapiro https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/10/11/supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-they-do-more-harm-than-good-column/3565496001/ via @usatoday So, I hadn't gotten around
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I don't necessarily disagree with delaying a couple of days. The frustration comes from telling people (twice) you'll likely be able to open up early and then not. Why do
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As expected there’s been lots of “clergy should stay out of politics” since yesterday. Christians and people of all faiths take part in the national debate. This is democracy and
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I will be taking real time sessions again from August."Other dungeons are opening earlier than this" - My answer to this statement will always be 'go there then'There will be
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I won't be going to pubs or restaurants (even if I had childcare). I don't think its safe. My priority is making it as safe as possible for my children
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Hm, so I had to try the stopping thingie. At first it was cool that it stopped at 130% of stop signs I tested it on. Then I noticed another
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I’m sympathetic to this stuff, because it really is quite hard to break a system that has been busting its arse to keep the Tories in power for the whole
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Petition to delay parking change due 1st September until after a proper debate & opportunity to ask questionsPlease sign the attached petition on the Council website herehttps://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=1
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1. This is an important example of the corrosive effects of misinformation. Yesterday I pointed out the Mail had platformed a fringe voice.https://twitter.com/adamhamdy/status/1322336637012107266?s=20 2. This is a man who believes
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UK police may be starting to overplay their hand with their white middle-class fanbase because searching through people's shopping and questioning their rioja and kettles crisps is not the kinda
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Now the Interior Ministry has blocked the bank accounts of the soup kitchens run by Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality, a CHP stronghold, that has been providing these services & collecting donations
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You *might* have seen some news about Stonehenge yesterday, and renewed furore about the tunnel, landscape destruction and preservation by record (recording what we destroy by digging it up and
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Commencing my rewatch of all Disney classics today. 1. Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs- Grumpy represents 90% of the British public. A forever mood. - Dopey is every man
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