Jonathan McKenna

Trying to avoid politics...

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

@perfectionvalet First time I’ve seen this. I had begun to assume it was a myth.

[Dan Redford @danredford70]

4 June 1964 saw the '1st Son of Fitzwilliam' make his Test debut in the 1st Test v Australia at Trent Bridge - before embarking on an illustrious 108 Test career where he also massed some 151 1st class centuries!

His was the 1st autograph I ever got - 2nd Test India 1979! :-)

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

UK government struggling to rebuild stockpiles of drugs eroded by Covid-19 amid fears that no-deal Brexit will jeopardise medicine supplies just as 2nd coronavirus wave hits country.

UK highly reliant on EU for drugs. 75% of 7,000 medicines “come from (or via) the EU”. @FT

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

Data...

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

Lengthy, researched and detailed read.... Making sense of nonsensical Covid-19 strategy https://t.co/g0JhMbtwls via @FinancialTimes

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

Utter, utter cretinism.

@RobBAylesbury ... I will gladly show how a modern business can adapt digitally to the challenge of COVID-19. Parliament could do so easily- so why won’t it? Do parliamentarians really want to become a laughing stock?

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

In general, but especially during a pandemic, anybody with an IQ above that of a fence post would try to arrange things so they don’t have to stand for hours in a long queue. We are indeed, to quote from Withnail, drifting into the arena of the unwell.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Every single white person needs to watch this today. https://t.co/eS4EJQYZmi

[Paul Brand @PaulBrandITV]

Matt Hancock presents today’s testing slide, despite the @UKStatsAuth literally telling him a few hours ago that this data is misleading.

They say it conflates tests done with tests posted out, which they believe is a deliberate attempt to inflate the number of tests. #covid19

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

@DanielJHannan Where are you seeing that? Provide evidence?

Then I’d be interested if you could state - again with evidence - what balance is in US between legitimate protest and what is protest aggravated by people with nefarious purposes.

Just so we know you don’t have your own agenda. Tx.

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

Cotter makes the podium again with another slice of canine lockdown gold 👇🏻👏🏻👇🏻
@MrAndrewCotter

[David Spiegelhalter @d_spiegel]

Another strong rebuke from @UKStatsAuth to Matt Hancock for the way data on tests is reported: 'The aim seems to be to show the largest possible number of tests, even at the expense of understanding.' Data should help the public understand both the epidemic and testing programme

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

Brilliant ... but quiet.

Clear ... but subtle.

Political ... but not political.

The Economics of Enough: Eleven More Things https://t.co/PxmACA9uFp

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

Wow.

Just wow.

[Lionel Barber @lionelbarber]

Inspirational impromptu speech in the tradition of Martin Luther King - essential listening, essential leadership

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

A thought from the man who led the charge on smallpox....

[Larry Brilliant MD MPH FACPM 💛💙 @larrybrilliant]

Withdrawing from @WHO in the middle of a historic pandemic is one of history’s greatest blunders. We could not have eradicated smallpox nor made such progress against polio without @WHO. This foolish action—done to deflect blame— will instead cause many Americans deaths. Sigh.

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

Attended this meeting yesterday.... it was very moving .... but I also feel angry that we are still talking about this in 2020.

[Adam Selipsky @aselipsky]

Heavy heart after today’s equality meeting led by @salesforce’s @BoldForce group. Thank you to those who shared your experiences of living as Black people in the US. Your words were incredibly moving.

For the rest of us: we must be strong allies – listen, learn, and speak out.

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

FT Exclusive: The UK’s stockpile of protective equipment contained no surgical gowns for a flu-like pandemic when coronavirus hit, despite warnings a year ago from the government’s top scientific advisers https://t.co/71X8Ef571U

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

Or is it - as our PM says - time to "move on"?

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

This....

Read the whole thread.

Read the article - it is not behind the FT's paywall.

The UK has truly screwed this up.

[Chris Giles @ChrisGiles_]

Sufficient data worldwide now exists to conclude that, to date, the UK has the highest rate of excess deaths in the Coronavirus pandemic in the world

Free to read article with @jburnmurdoch

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https://t.co/hhmkQp93NT

[Jonathan McKenna @DrYew]

All you need to know about physics....

[XKCD Comic @xkcdComic]

mbmbam https://t.co/NlmtGG87Jh https://t.co/utGGleZKK0