Author Archives: Pict1

How Facebook, Google and Twitter may have destroyed the modern world

Posted on 2 November 2020 by Pict1

In the same way “Social distancing” ought to be called “anti-social media”, so there is a good case that “social media”, or at least those who run it, are about as anti-social as it is possible to get and that … Continue reading →

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Plan to tackle CV19 sent out 15th March (before lockup)

Posted on 16 October 2020 by Pict1

Press Release For release: 00:00AM (GMT) 15th March 2020 We can beat coronavirus: we need to turn and face it. A tsunami of infection is about to swamp our health services if we allow it. We cannot beat it if … Continue reading →

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We’ve been conned

Posted on 10 October 2020 by Pict1

In January, when SAGE said the risk of Covid was “Very low” I was writing to politicians telling them it was coming and we should be looking at getting hospitals and ventilators ready In February I was writing saying that … Continue reading →

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The reason CV19 was so deadly

Posted on 2 May 2020 by Pict1

Introduction CV19 didn’t just kill directly although bad enough in itself, there were far more people were killed by the policy response. In a sense, both had one cause: the body (politics) response to the virus, which is to wage … Continue reading →

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The insanity of academics

Posted on 27 April 2020 by Pict1

The UK, like many economies, has just destroyed its economy for a bug that was not much worse than flu and indeed, it could still turn out to be less severe than flu. The insane policy was created by academics, … Continue reading →

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The failures of coronavirus

Posted on 27 April 2020 by Pict1

It is now clear that coronavirus has been the biggest public policy disater, arguably in human history, because never have so many governments deliberately shot themselves in the foot, but even if we just consider outcomes and cost, it is … Continue reading →

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Sweden is peaking

Posted on 23 April 2020 by Pict1

I looked today at the Swedish figure and they look like they are peaking. That is the figures appear to be close to the point where they start coming down again. Based on that, I would estimate they have as … Continue reading →

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Vile SNP

Posted on 1 April 2020 by Pict1

Until today Wikipedia, which has articles about the most ridiculously unnoteworthy people had no article about some woman who the SNP falsely decided was noteworth. And even today this is all we get: For the fictional character, see The 39 … Continue reading →

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NHS crashes

Posted on 31 March 2020 by Pict1

As expected we have reached, or are reaching, the first critical point where the NHS crashes. For obvious reasons given the failings of the SNP in Scotland, we see it first here: Yes it is! My friend is in the … Continue reading →

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The Waiting Game

Posted on 25 March 2020 by Pict1

On the 30th of January I warned politicians that we would be short of ventilators … nothing happened. On the 3rd of March I asked politicians to force medics to wear PPE. (Never in a million years, did it occur … Continue reading →

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