Update from The House of Plague, Day 37

[elisi]

We have seen, and will continue to see, that you can’t gaslight a virus.

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) April 18, 2020

Tories will Tory :(

Austerity

Tories sacked 10,000 NHS Back Room staff & boasted about it saying they were cutting waste. Back room staff are folks who monitor stock levels of PPE, who carry out risk assessments such as preparedness for pandemics. Good headlines sacking them but consequences haunt

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) April 21, 2020

73 days ago Boris Johnson said this.

Incredible find by @StefSimanowitz pic.twitter.com/JcvSafz6UX

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) April 17, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/ToryFibs/status/1251095928234283008)
(Transcript: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-in-greenwich-3-february-2020)

This article published on 12th March 2020 should be read by all for two reasons. 1. It shows the UK Gov Coronavirus strategy just over 1 month ago. 2. It shows UK Journalism’s basic approach to that strategy. Will leave you to draw your own conclusions. https://t.co/dn4TC4p849

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) April 19, 2020

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We live in a topsy-turvy world:

Has Hell frozen over? I’ve just read a story in the Daily Mail. THE DAILY MAIL. About this govt’s failure to take the three chances offered to it by the EU to bulk buy PPE for NHS staff.

Three chances. Bloody EU, trying to help us out.

— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) April 14, 2020

Piers Morgan - How did you vote, in June 2017, when there was a vote to increase #NHS workers pay?

Helen Whately(Care Minister) - That was game playing by the opposition. #PiersMorgan - It's not actually a game... you voted against the pay cap been lifted.. #GMB pic.twitter.com/SC6M1qvla9

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) April 15, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1250332372798541824)

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We also live in a world that proves that movies have been on point this whole time:

i owe the Jurassic Park franchise an apology, it is in fact very realistic the rich would reopen a park in spite of it consistently resulting in mass death

— Brett (@Relentlessbored) April 22, 2020

People going to the beaches during a pandemic makes every dumb character in a horror movie now way more plausible.

— Damon (@houx) April 18, 2020

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And that those who saw themselves as the heroes in those movies... are not:

I mean you have to admit it's hilarious that the people who have spent their entire lives stockpiling beans & ammo and publishing newsletters about preparing to shelter in place during a global crisis are the ones having meltdowns because they can't go to the cheesecake factory.

— Bill Marx for Congress (@BillforPA14) April 20, 2020

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And finally, because this is genius and very funny:

My youngest has been banging on about “prank week” and has been royally pranking us all day.

Little does she know, her father is the prank master

Both of them panicking now, the bonus is that their sadness has brought a hush into the house. pic.twitter.com/IsI6MoZb2V

— schwitz (@sentientbomb) April 21, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/sentientbomb/status/1252537159321518080)



(I know, I am way behind on replies, but it has been a long day.)