Rose Edmunds
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Tax guru reborn as a thriller writer. Creator of financial super sleuth Amy Robinson (). Treasurer at @Bright_Tweets but all views my own!
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I worried that the premise of my WIP might be too implausible.
And then I saw this...
#amwriting
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Is anyone else’s feed filled with apocalyptic Zero Covid drivel, or is it just me? Am trying hard not to engage…
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@tanyalewis314
Do you honestly think it was worth all that bother just to delay catching a cold…?
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@ajlamesa
Unfortunately certain people do not understand this. They are privileged and have zero understanding of the lives of others less fortunate than themselves.
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Sorry to break it to you but your doom is assured anyway… Might as well enjoy yourself in the meantime.
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@PalmerReport
@RepMoBrooks
Agree. Disgraceful conduct by an elected representative which should be given maximum exposure. I cannot believe how shameless these people are.
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Scratch the surface of most Covid maximisers and you’ll find somebody suffering from severe anxiety. Or they are a grifter capitalising on the anxiety of others.
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@julia_doubleday
Masking up is completely ineffective as an act of “community care” and purely performative. I’m glad we have progressive politicians smart enough to realise this.
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@MAbsoud
@OmicronData
Frankly I am appalled by her comments. School closures disproportionately harmed the most disadvantaged, many of whom will never catch up. This will impact their earnings potential and thereby health outcomes for the rest of their lives. How can anyone seriously ignore this?
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@Gus_preston
@janetfazio
@KristenBott
@callie_mt
It was so much better back in the day before email and mobile phones. You were pretty much uncontactable. Now everyone expects you to be on duty 24/7 365 days a year.
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@breakfast_lady
@molxuu
@electoralreform
Interesting. Under this scenario the parties would actually have to work together (which is what they should have done on Brexit)
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@apsmunro
Twitter has a very vocal minority who believe that Covid is still an urgent threat to public health. I have spent too much time today trying to reason with them. They seem very detached from normal life…
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Twitter is an absolute cesspit now.
1. Zero Covid zealots using Queen’s death to justify their hysteria.
2. Rabid Republicans celebrating her demise
3. Charles an architect of the Great Reset
4. People pissed because the football is cancelled
Just stop it please!
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@Ikane19841
@marliessmits64
Completely. I applaud the courage and realism required to make this tough decision.
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@BallouxFrancois
Excellent thread. I would sympathise more if they weren’t so hostile to anyone who tries to explain the situation to them and so condemnatory of those who do not wish to participate in Covid theatre.
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Apparently if you tell someone the truth and they are not ready to hear it you are nasty and ignorant.
Will I never learn….?
@julia_doubleday
Masking up is completely ineffective as an act of “community care” and purely performative. I’m glad we have progressive politicians smart enough to realise this.
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@madgie1941
They have responded NO before the debate. Breathtaking arrogance. Must redouble efforts!
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@RachelOrr
Where’s the dignity in you lamenting the loss of your inheritance?
My mum was also a retired teacher and I’m glad she was able to spend her final years in comfort. That was a goal worth her working towards. Leaving me money, not so much.
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@DailyJLee
Nonsense. You should delete your tweet rather than doubling down when called out on your fear mongering lies.
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@craig_c83
@SkyNews
It’s this kind of appalling coverage that encourages people to believe there is some sinister plot afoot to keep them locked down!
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@BallouxFrancois
If it took her 2 years to think of this I wonder how long it will take her to figure out that it wouldn’t have worked…
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Having great fun with the new novel, which is clipping along at 2k words a day.
Turns out a Zero Covid closed community makes a great backdrop for murder, fraud and paranoia.
And the characters…
Let’s just say I’ve drawn much inspiration from Twitter!
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@OliviaUtley
@thatsmanderley
This sounds a great beginning for a thriller.
Would love to know what happens next…
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Apparently caring about disadvantaged kids is an extremist borderline violent position when viewed through the ZC prism.
I am sad for people so traumatised by the pandemic that this is where they are at.
Not to mention their inability to understand a metaphor...
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Hopefully 2023 will be the year those who “refuse to play along” seek help for their anxiety…
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@drruthannharpur
I have known women driven to near breakdown trying to breastfeed because they are made to feel so guilty about formula. Not to mention the effect on the babies of being starved…
Speaking as a mum and grandma, I feel this propaganda is harmful to the wellbeing of mum and baby.
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Screenshot because he blocked me. But there’s a serious point here. It’s easy to mock ZC zealots. And for sure, some are shameless grifters. But others have very sad stories which shaped their apparently irrational views of Covid. Am trying to be more mindful of this.
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@DGBassani
You should at least put this into context given the number of cases in the current wave compared to previous waves. Otherwise it is completely misleading. I very much doubt masks have been a material factor.
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@Chunkers007
@CASHINMcGAVIN
@NateSilver538
Completely. But the idea that the gut feel of uninformed punters is more accurate than a sophisticated statistical model is so very Trumpian isn't it?
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The good news.
My timeline has been completely purged of Zero Covid nonsense.
The bad news.
It has been replaced by toxic MAGA drivel, which is even more deranged.
Both are cults, totally disconnected from reality.
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@ProfDonnaHall
No. Furthermore, those “work husband & wife” alliances are symptomatic of a more generally toxic workplace.
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@LozzaR5
It’s particularly weird when they try to analyse what is going on in other people’s heads. It never seems to occur to them that maybe people are acting normally because things are in fact normal…
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@KelleyKga
A lack of realism underpins the whole ZC movement. Covid made us all face the unpalatable truth that we may have less control over our health and mortality than perhaps we imagined. And some people find that so scary they cannot accept it. The psychology is fascinating.
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@KrauthBen
I don’t understand this weird belief that Covid is somehow more dangerous than all other respiratory viruses. The only difference lay in its novelty and it therefore infected most of the world’s population in a short period. This has been clear for quite a while now.
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So it turns out the woman who ridiculed me for suggesting that online schooling wasn’t practicable for disadvantaged kids and accused me of not understanding deprivation is a PRIVATE GP specialising in kids’ Long Covid. Nuff said…
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Masking for measles.
Whatever next...?
And yeah - I was a bit snippy - but this deserved it.
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Happy New Year everyone!
I know I’m supposed to post a picture of what I’m drinking but I drank it already.
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And BTW was blocked for pointing out death is inevitable…
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Can’t believe anyone still thinks like this in 2023.
The answer is probably nobody.
At least 80% of the congregation will be currently immune, which makes infection far less likely.
And anyway, so what?
At this point it’s a minor illness for the vast majority of people.
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@Mr_John_Oxley
Lots of signs still around. I saw this one in a hotel in Bath a couple of weeks ago - framed as though intended to be permanent!
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@anneapplebaum
That is my conclusion too. A quick call plays into the hands of conspiracy theorists. Also this way gives more time to "manage" Trump and ensure he hands over graciously. (Fox News already working on this).
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@sAugust06
IMO privilege is hunkering down at home and subcontracting your (perceived) Covid risk to lesser mortals who do not have that luxury.
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@RufusSG
@fact_covid
Thanks for this. The Chile situation seems to illustrate the challenges of vaccination when cases are rising. In the UK, cases were already falling and the vaccine helped to accelerate the decline.
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@i_petersen
@TRyanGregory
Such people don't seem to understand that post omicron there is nothing we can do to stop mass infection, however much we might wish otherwise. If they did understand this, they would realise that hybrid immunity is merely a consequence of what is happening, not a strategy.
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@fact_covid
I’ve noticed this as well. IMO the doom-laden Zero Covid zealots are as crazy as the Great Reset anti-vax nutters. Seems like both extremes have doubled down on their positions while the rest have moved towards a pragmatic and balanced view.
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@WoodG252000
@DrJBhattacharya
It means doing the things we enjoy and accepting that life is finite and inherently risky. We should cherish each day, as we none of us know how long we have left. It really is as simple as that.
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@LucyGoBag
Agree. I am sick of women being guilted for using formula. Breastfeeding isn’t always possible and those who bang on about it usually do so from a position of privilege.
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@BallouxFrancois
Tempted to share this with the Zeros who piled on me last night for foolishly suggesting that a healthy young woman freaking out when asked to remove a mask for a few minutes by a doctor might be suffering from anxiety. I’m sure they would treat it with the utmost seriousness.
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@DrNeilStone
Completely. I was tweeting with someone earlier today who thought what they are doing in China is no big deal and a price worth paying. I was shocked that people would so willingly sacrifice their freedom to assuage their irrational anxiety.
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What a shame doctors are spouting such nonsense. Infections have peaked, now rapidly declining. Masks may be effective on an individual level but will not alter the trajectory of the pandemic, which is determined by population immunity from both vaccination and infection.
A GP has called for a return to wearing face masks to cope with the rise in Covid-19 cases across the country. Dr Jackie Applebee has said a face mask mandate “is such a small thing”, and explained that the new variant is making “people sicker”.
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I feel so sorry for people like Sue.
Sadly, there is no shortage of alarmist material to feed their anxiety.
@SMpwrgr
@barbara32805432
Rational thought and perspective.
I routinely challenge people who tweet apocalyptic drivel like this.
Why don’t you try following some sensible people on here rather than the doom porn merchants you seem to favour?
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@julia_doubleday
I pointed out you were wrong and can supply ample evidence to support my position. But somehow I don’t think you would be receptive to (or indeed equal to) an intellectual debate. Instead you prefer to call me an immoral moron. Nuff said.
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@DykeSolidarity
@APFactCheck
Logic isn’t their strong suit. If it were, they wouldn’t be anti-vax!
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@ProfDonnaHall
All this. The bright people going quiet is a major warning sign. First they go quiet then they leave.
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@EricPhDing
If everyone I know suddenly started acting weird I hope I would have the self awareness to consider whether the problem might possibly be mine. But I guess if this happens you are too far gone.
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@taipan168
Sheer neurosis. I fear some of these couples may be headed for the divorce courts…
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@RaffyFlynnArt
I dislike your reliance on anecdotes to prove your point.
I have news as well.
Some unlucky people get infected many times a year, but the AVERAGE is much lower - like 1 infection every 18 months or 2 years. There is plenty of data to support this if you care to look.
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@casertron3000
@dr_musgrave
It’s hard to turn off the anxiety tap when everyone has been encouraged to run it on full flow for nearly 3 years.
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@spudtakes
@AstorAaron
Agree. It would be better journalism to highlight the mental health pandemic that Covid has left in its wake instead of normalising these absurd lifestyles.
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@Tricky_1
@bbclaurak
It can't. This is a domestic constitutional issue and the ECJ has no jurisdiction.
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@HSJEditor
It’s not kicking off - it’s been going about 3 weeks and will peak in another 2. Keep up!
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@DrFrancesRyan
Some context may be useful here…
A further big jump in COVID admissions this week, up 30%, continuing the trend we've seen for around 10 weeks now, following the very low levels we reached in mid-summer.
Context next:
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It’s strange how all the clean air fanatics fail to grasp basic epidemiology!
But I guess if they did, they wouldn’t be fanatics…
@ApricotTreeCaf1
But the point is it’s not going to make that much difference, if any, to Covid transmission, because susceptible people will be infected elsewhere. Indeed, you already know that. Although you are wrong about the wildfire part, because most people are immune at any given moment.
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Proud mum tweet! Congratulations to
@edmunds_dr
on the launch of his new book.
A must-read for those into the Key Stage 3 Physics genre!
***KS3 PHYSICS BOOK***
My KS3 book is now a physical thing and live on Amazon.
With coverage of the KS3 national curriculum, each topic has a page of core notes and a page of questions on those notes.
It now also has complete *answers* at the back.
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@KelleyKga
I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I may have had Covid a few months ago, but didn’t test, because it seemed like a cold. Instead I avoided visiting my mother’s care home until my symptoms had resolved. Just as I used to in 2019. We need to get back to that place.
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Hey
@EricPhDing
. Have you seen this? How do you deal with it as a parody of a parody? Do you try to get Twitter to list you as a serious authority? Just wondering where you go from here…
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@austieJFish
You seriously expect people to make permanent changes to their behaviour which do not make a material difference to transmission of Covid? When it’s a cold for the vast majority people anyway.
The Left have never been big on realism…
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Having been through the distress of a premature grandchild in ICU, I am appalled that anyone would lie about this.
Please just tell the truth and say you are anxious.
@jubunnies
I tell ppl my musician daughter has big voice auditions coming up and can't risk getting sick. (True)
Or, I lie and say that my newborn grandson is in ICU and I can't risk getting him sick. (I don't have grandkids)
Whatever shuts them up.
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@KrauthBen
Seems illogical to move somewhere that is behind the UK in the pandemic curve. But then logic has never really been her strong point…
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@BallouxFrancois
Interestingly, from what I can see many of the Zero Covid zealots identify as atheists. But hey, they found their religion anyway…
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@lionel_rich1
Totally irresponsible and selfish to be flying in the middle of a raging pandemic, not to mention the effect on the environment.
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Blocked a lot of people today and have protected my tweets for a while.
Let's just say the responses to my post yesterday have strained my empathy to the limit...
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So finally we have it. They don’t care whether masks work or not. It is a matter of faith. As many of us have been saying for months, Zero Covid is a religious cult.
Nope, doesn’t matter whether you believe they work or not.
Look, you can’t prove God exists but you still believe it. Science isn’t a thing you can judge with a sketchy dissenting opinion from folks who aren’t qualified - you just have to take this on faith and do your part.
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@i_petersen
Particularly when x,y and z are of very little benefit to the people he professes to care about.
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@Deppwifebeater
@DanNeidle
Yes completely. It is at worst an innocent error which might have led to a trivial tax liability. Who except a tax specialist could be expected to know that marriage = 1 PPR? After all we have had independent taxation for more than 30 years.
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@DanNeidle
Wasn’t it the enhancement expenditure on the kitchen which let her off the hook, though she misunderstood the rules. Anyway, she can surely be forgiven as it would appear that The Guardian is equally confused. Maybe we should look to the Telegraph for a more accurate analysis!
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