JUSTIN PEARSON

Cellist and orchestra manager. session musician. Plays in London’s West End theatre

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@BlytheHillTav @catfordarts @slayzy @carol I’m a local artist - of some description

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@CatfordGin @HouseofCatford @Love_Catford Can’t wait to try it!

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@mrjamesob Disaster

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@AnnetteWardell @TheNatSymphOrch @JKAConductor @stmartins_music Thanks Annette great to@be performing live again after a break of 16 months

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@musicGKs @joolzcooper Brilliant news !

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@_morgan_hayes @christysnr @britishlibrary Brilliant! We commissioned a few chamber works from her and visiting her was always entertaining and informative

[Matilda The Musical @MatildaMusical]

Happy #LoveTheatreDay! We can't wait to be able to re-open the doors of the Cambridge Theatre and welcome audiences again when it is safe to do so. 💙 #MatildaTheMusical

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@MatildaMusical Missing Matilda

[Chris Nightingale @berkeley_sq]

Haha brilliant! @2laurie @SebTorkia @MatildaMusical and the man with the bendiest clarinet - Pete Wyman

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@SpursOfficial Son

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

Interesting interview on bbc R4 this am. Vicar of St Martins trying unsuccessfully to defend the opportunistic ambition of his Director of Music, who is kicking out musicians who have raised millions for the church in hire fees over last 39 yrs

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

Unholy row as leading London church axes musicians, 'using Covid as a cover' https://t.co/XTuHz4U1Jz

[JUSTIN PEARSON @cellistpearson]

@fizzlekelly @TrinityLaban Best tweet I’ve seen today. I’ve just spent 2hours on the first 26 bars of the 5th cello suite. Gloriously indulgent indecision abounds

[Prof Ian Donald @professoriandonald.bsky.social @iandonald_psych]

14. As the government tries to achieve equilibrium between hospitalisations and infections, more interventions will appear. It's perhaps why there are at the moment few public information films on staying at home. They are treading a tight path, but possibly a sensible one.

[Prof Ian Donald @professoriandonald.bsky.social @iandonald_psych]

13. Then rates will then start to climb again. So they will have to reintroduce the restrictions each time infection rates rise. That is not a sustainable model and takes much longer to achieve the goal of a largely immune population with low risk of infection of the vulnerable

[Prof Ian Donald @professoriandonald.bsky.social @iandonald_psych]

12. The Italian (and others) strategy is to stop as much infection as possible - or all infection. This is appealing, but then what? The restrictions are not sustainable for months. So the will need to be relaxed. But that will lead to reemergence of infections.

[Prof Ian Donald @professoriandonald.bsky.social @iandonald_psych]

11. BUT a key issue during this process is protection of those for whom the virus is fatal. It's not clear the full measures there are to protect those people. It assumes they can measure infection, that their behavioural expectations are met - people do what they think they will

[Prof Ian Donald @professoriandonald.bsky.social @iandonald_psych]

10. After a while most of the population is immune, the seriously ill have all received treatment and the country is resistant. The more vulnerable are then less at risk. This is the end state the govt is aiming for and could achieve.

[Prof Ian Donald @professoriandonald.bsky.social @iandonald_psych]

9. The same for large scale events - stop them when you want to slow infection rates; turn another tap off. This means schools etc are closed for a shorter period and disruption generally is therefore for a shorter period, AND with a growing immune population. This is sustainable

[Prof Ian Donald @professoriandonald.bsky.social @iandonald_psych]

8. Schools: Kids generally won’t get very ill, so the govt can use them as a tool to infect others when you want to increase infection. When you need to slow infection, that tap can be turned off – at that point they close the schools. Politically risky for them to say this.