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Collateral Global Charity retweeted
1/2 Inadvertently, @honigsbaum identifies precise problem with UK Covid inquiry: failure to assess mathematical models on which decisions rested. Unwillingness of Ferguson and others to debate their projections is what's most revealing, and disturbing.
markhonigsbaum.substack.com/…
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
'...I will guarantee that to our listeners that if they try another one, we will resist it because I don't believe it is a prudent or sensible policy.'
@FreddieSayers is joined by Oxford epidemiologist Professor Sunetra Gupta to discuss the £200m Covid inquiry.
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
The Covid Inquiry has officially become the most expensive in British legal history — £192 million and counting, according to October’s financial statements.
But for exactly £192 million less, you can join us at Worcester College, Oxford, on Wednesday 19 November, for a serious discussion with leading experts in history, epidemiology, and medicine on what Britain got right — and wrong — in its lockdown response to Covid-19.
Book your free tickets here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-covid…
Expect a rigorous, engaging exchange spanning science, medicine, history, and economics — followed by a Q&A giving you the chance to question the experts directly. A drinks reception will round off the evening, and attendees won’t even be made to stand two metres apart...
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
🚨 How many cancer cases, like Nicole’s, were missed due to lockdown measures?
Mum of 3 facing eviction after 'missed' mouth cancer leaves her unable to speak
express.co.uk/news/uk/199615…
@ProfKarolSikora “Life years lost to lockdown delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment will far exceed those lost to Covid. The warnings were made."
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
I have been inspired by the work of @collateralglbl community, so I was thrilled to participate in this podcast episode. Thank you @thelucyjohnston @KevinBardosh for the opportunity to share insights on the impacts of pandemic policy responses on children and poverty in Peru.
📢 New Podcast
In this insightful podcast episode, Professor Norma Correa explores how Peru’s strict and prolonged lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted education and poverty.
The lockdowns led to a sharp rise in poverty levels from 20 percent to 30 percent, particularly in urban areas where informal employment was as high as 72 percent.
Government interventions, such as cash transfers and company financing, offered some relief, but many vulnerable groups were overlooked.
Civil society initiatives, stepped in to support those in need, highlighting the resilience of local communities. Rural regions faced additional struggles, with limited access to healthcare and essential services worsening existing inequalities.
The enforcement of strict measures by the military and police further highlighted the challenges faced by Peru during this period. Despite its harsh lockdown Peru was one of the worst hit countries in the world for Covid deaths.
Watch or listen to the full podcast with host
@thelucyjohnston on your favourite portal here:
collateralglobal.org/article…
@nb_correa
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Collateral Global Charity retweeted
Meet @DrJBhattacharya just nominated by Trump as the new NIH Director
“Lockdowns were an enormous & catastrophic mistake.. We should recoil with horror.. Covid policies violated medical ethics & crushed ability for physicians/scientists to discuss facts/evidence.. many silenced"
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
Cassandra Voices is delighted to be collaborating with the charity Collateral Global on a photographic competition depicting life under lockdown, open to professionals and amateurs alike. It will culminate in the production of a photography book to be published under the Cassandra Voices imprint. The winning entry will receive a first prize of €1,000, with over €4,000 prize-money available in all.
collateralglobal.org/photo-c…
Over the course of the lockdown period, we reached out to a number of photographers who published their work on our website. These included stirring images from Bali (Indonesia), Porto (Portugal), Mallorca (Spain), Dublin (Ireland), Vietnam, Italy, Greece, Lebanon and Dun Laoghaire (Ireland).
By April 2020 over half of the world’s population had been placed under some form of lockdown confining them to their homes, or other residences. Although the period of obligatory confinement lasted for only a few months in most countries, it created unheard of visual landscapes, particularly in urban areas, including orderly supermarket queues, empty highways, prison-like apartment blocks and unusual wildlife sightings.
As the initial restraints eased, we all became acquainted with curious and strange additions to our lives, reminding us of an apparently ubiquitous virus and efforts to contain it. And yet, beyond the eerie silence, those visiting hospitals were confronted by what seemed like wartime conditions. Requirements to wear face masks generated an unsettling anonymity, compounding rules on social distancing.
Although there was broad consent in most countries for these measures, vociferous protests erupted nonetheless. Fear and loathing were at times directed against those who refused to be vaccinated, as well as stigmatised minorities and healthcare workers.
Collateral Global is conducting this global competition to gather photographic images open to all evoking this unforgettable period. A panel of esteemed judges will select fifty of the best to be displayed on their website and to be used in a forthcoming publication. Winning entries are also expected to be displayed at photographic exhibitions in a variety of locations.
Apart from receiving a copy of the book, a range of cash prizes will be offered to all those selected. The overall winner will receive a $1,000 prize.
Entrants are asked for a set of images capturing the essence of the lockdown period 2020-2022, the date and location, and a short description explaining their choice (up to 200 words) in English.
All submission are through the Collateral Global website: collateralglobal.org/photo-c…
Note: Cassandra Voices is not accepting any submissions directly.
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
This was in Breckenridge, Colorado in March 2020. It was spring break -- one of the busiest times of the season where lift lines were long and streets packed with people, but it turned into a ghost town with the resort, retail and restaurants shut down and everyone stuck at home.
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
This is from our son's (he was 5 back then) gymnastics class in September 2020. The kids put their masks on the floor, did their exercises, then picked the masks up from the floor, and put them back on.
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
Please send an entry to the @collateralglbl photography contest with your most evocative pictures from the covid era. Winners' art will be featured in an exhibit and published book, as well as cash prizes for the very best work.
‘If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere’
“2019 was a great year for me, my first book was published and had a historic exhibition in the GPO – Stars and Souls of the Liffey – I had arrived, my Everest.”
“January 2020 started slowly, but I watched as a new virus was decimating an unknown city in China called Wuhan. From a comfortable distance it still looked bad, watching a city imprisoned in military lockdown, but still it was far away. How would I and Ireland react if this was to travel? And slowly through February it crept ever closer, by the end of the month it started crippling Northern Italy. As always, I swam, but me and my mates talked nervously about this approaching unknown, it now had a name – Covid-19.”
“How would I fare if Dublin itself went into lockdown? Without AA meetings for my recovery, would I give up and relapse?”
Barry Delaney
Collateral Global is delighted to launch a photographic competition open to professionals and amateurs alike evoking the unforgettable period of lockdowns and other non-pharmaceutical interventions around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic.
A panel of esteemed judges will select some of the best to be displayed on the website and shared through social media and to be used in a forthcoming publication. Winning entries are also expected to be displayed at photographic exhibitions in a variety of locations.
Apart from receiving a copy the printed book, a range of cash prizes will be offered to all those selected. The overall winner will receive a 1,000 Euro prize.
To enter and find out more please click the link here:
collateralglobal.org/photo-c…
Read the full story by Barry Delaney here: cassandravoices.com/society-…
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Collateral Global Charity retweeted
I have no doubt that the little politicians took huge enjoyment from controlling our lives during lockdown.
There were consequences.
People were told to stay home, and they did exactly that - many were seriously ill cancer patients.
The biggest policy mistake in my lifetime.
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
Leading scientist exposes Covid censorship - and how it continues to this day - Collateral Global collateralglobal.org/article…
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
“Covid censorship widespread and still ongoing”
Cancer prof, Karol Sikora, censored over masking child study comment
“For the 1st time in a long career I’ve seen censorship. Many colleagues and lots of others were censored.”
@ProfKarolSikora collateralglobal.org/article…
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
The @Stanford conference on pandemic management was a huge success because it featured experts disagreeing with & learning from one another: "Free debate was sacrificed on the altar of infection control. That’s changing."
My new column with @KevinBardosh
telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2…
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
Why Canada needs an 'urgent' public inquiry into its COVID response
My comments in @nationalpost today:
Some have argued an inquiry is needed to evaluate the effectiveness and harms of lockdowns, vaccine passports, school closures and other measures
nationalpost.com/news/canada…
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
John Ioannidis, @StanfordMed professor of medicine and of epidemiology and population health, closes the #PandemicPolicyReform conference by encouraging scientists, policymakers & politicians who debate the handling of the #COVID19 pandemic “to have an open spirit of challenging things—and of destroying things if we find that they were incorrect. We need to do that constructively and not obsessively. And finally, we need to think positively about the future—I don’t want to think our future will be a death spiral of wrong decisions.” Videos of all the panels will be posted to the event page: bit.ly/4dIkBT2
ALT Photo: Rod Searcey
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
Stanford’s @DrJBhattacharya welcomes attendees of the #PandemicPolicyReform conference, saying: “During pandemics, the public depends on experts to share their expertise openly without fear or favor and to speak their minds openly about their scientific and policy evaluations. By hosting this conference on pandemic management with a wide range of voices, subjects, ideas, and expertise, Stanford is setting an example for how universities can best contribute to the public good in the event of any future pandemic.”
Videos of event will be posted on our event page: bit.ly/4dIkBT2
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
It seems I've been censored on LinkedIn again.
I stand by every word!
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
A successful meeting at Stanford of the @collateralglbl team, including @SunetraGupta & @DrJBhattacharya & Anders Tegnell. Lots of big plans ahead!
Collateral Global Charity retweeted
Who said corruption is found only in "developing countries"? The West is the cradle of corruption. After all, slavery, colonialism and neo-colonialism are *all* instances of grand corruption; and yet the most corrupt are also the ones who corruptly sing the anti-corruption song.
Covid fraud cost each adult £1,000
"Covid related fraud cost every UK adult the equivalent of up to £1,000, figures show."
"The analysis, carried out by Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, reveals the bill for pandemic counter measures, such as furlough and Track and Trace amounted to £370 billion. This equates to an average cost of £10,000 to each UK adult. Approximately ten percent of this spend was lost to fraud, mainly through government loan schemes, which allowed businesses to borrow tens of thousands of pounds to keep them afloat amid rolling lockdowns."
Read the full article here:
collateralglobal.org/article…
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