Dr Jackie Turvey Tait
@jaxtait.bsky.social
PhD in Natural Law Theory, not a medical doctor. #SSCE
Green Party (views are my own & don't necessarily represent GPEW policy)
#CRPS
Aka Jax
Green Party (views are my own & don't necessarily represent GPEW policy)
#CRPS
Aka Jax
Pinned
Well the slope from “let the elderly and disabled die of COVID” to “let’s trash all the rest of our ethics, morals and laws” was basically a short walk on a flat path wasn’t it?
This exactly how fascism always works. They make you feel threatened. They tell you the solution is to stop caring about a particular group of people. They strip those people of their rights. They manufacture another crisis to make you feel threatened. Rinse & repeat. In the end they come for you.
Lol! Jesus Christ.
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Lol! Jesus Christ.
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Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
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This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Dominic Cummings poisoned the atmosphere & helped create a toxic culture, with connivance from Boris, in which the loudest voices were the only ones heard, sidelining women's contributions to decision making, according to the #CovidInquiry Report out today.
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Dominic Cummings poisoned the atmosphere & helped create a toxic culture, with connivance from Boris, in which the loudest voices were the only ones heard, sidelining women's contributions to decision making, according to the #CovidInquiry Report out today.
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If, like me, you lost a loved one in the UK’s deadly second COVID wave, this WhatsApp chat will confirm that the then government has blood on its hands.
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If, like me, you lost a loved one in the UK’s deadly second COVID wave, this WhatsApp chat will confirm that the then government has blood on its hands.
If Labour had brought in sensible mitigations like improved indoor air quality mandates to control airborne viral spread as soon as they were elected, instead of pretending measures based on droplet dogma will do unless & until the Inquiry says otherwise, how many lives would that have saved?
“Voluntary measures were brought in on 16 March 2020, followed by a stay-at home order seven days later.
An immediate lockdown on 16 March would have meant 23,000 fewer deaths in the first wave in England alone, modelling suggests.”
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An immediate lockdown on 16 March would have meant 23,000 fewer deaths in the first wave in England alone, modelling suggests.”
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November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If Labour had brought in sensible mitigations like improved indoor air quality mandates to control airborne viral spread as soon as they were elected, instead of pretending measures based on droplet dogma will do unless & until the Inquiry says otherwise, how many lives would that have saved?
Someone got all the big calls right. It wasn't Boris. Shame no one in Government listened to @independentsage.bsky.social
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Someone got all the big calls right. It wasn't Boris. Shame no one in Government listened to @independentsage.bsky.social
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Full report here 👇
What is the UK Covid-19 Inquiry? - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has been set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future. The Inquiry’s work is guided by its Terms of Reference.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Full report here 👇
"Every party leader must confirm today that they will follow this inquiry’s recommendations, & that they will guarantee funding and support for the vaccines that ended the lockdowns but are now threatened by Trump” Ed Davey
@zackpolanski.bsky.social can you confirm this please @greenparty.org.uk 💚
@zackpolanski.bsky.social can you confirm this please @greenparty.org.uk 💚
Covid inquiry latest: Boris Johnson reinforced ‘toxic and chaotic culture’ at No 10
Damning report finds more than 20,000 lives could have been spared over spring and summer 2020 had restrictions started just seven days earlier
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Every party leader must confirm today that they will follow this inquiry’s recommendations, & that they will guarantee funding and support for the vaccines that ended the lockdowns but are now threatened by Trump” Ed Davey
@zackpolanski.bsky.social can you confirm this please @greenparty.org.uk 💚
@zackpolanski.bsky.social can you confirm this please @greenparty.org.uk 💚
"Starmer said that lessons had been learned"
...which is clearly not true. Appropriate mitigations to stop airborne viral spread are still not in place.
The Government will "carefully consider all of the findings and recommendations"
...which is not quite the same as committing to implement them
...which is clearly not true. Appropriate mitigations to stop airborne viral spread are still not in place.
The Government will "carefully consider all of the findings and recommendations"
...which is not quite the same as committing to implement them
Keir Starmer responds to damning Covid Inquiry report as huge failings unearthed
Keir Starmer has said the Government will 'carefully consider' the findings of Baroness Heather Hallett, who said Boris Johnson's dithering cost more than 20,000 lives
www.mirror.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Starmer said that lessons had been learned"
...which is clearly not true. Appropriate mitigations to stop airborne viral spread are still not in place.
The Government will "carefully consider all of the findings and recommendations"
...which is not quite the same as committing to implement them
...which is clearly not true. Appropriate mitigations to stop airborne viral spread are still not in place.
The Government will "carefully consider all of the findings and recommendations"
...which is not quite the same as committing to implement them
Indecisive leadership, unwarranted dispositional optimism, toxic & chaotic culture at the heart of government, & the response "too little, too late", on rinse & repeat for every wave, showing no ability to learn from experience & do better.
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Indecisive leadership, unwarranted dispositional optimism, toxic & chaotic culture at the heart of government, & the response "too little, too late", on rinse & repeat for every wave, showing no ability to learn from experience & do better.
Today's UK Covid Inquiry report now on YouTube 👇
Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C Report - Statement from the Chair, The Rt Hon the Baroness Hallett DBE
YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today's UK Covid Inquiry report now on YouTube 👇
"A government of ‘bad chaps’, intent on doing violence to the constitution ... would be entirely free to do so: politically, because they would arithmetically control Parliament, and legally, because that Parliament is sovereign."
Tyranny, anarchy and the rule of law: Reflections on a major report by the Constitution Committee
The House of Lords Constitution Committee’s new report on the rule of law provides an excellent overview of the concept and of the many challenges it finds itself under in the UK today. But the rep…
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"A government of ‘bad chaps’, intent on doing violence to the constitution ... would be entirely free to do so: politically, because they would arithmetically control Parliament, and legally, because that Parliament is sovereign."
Elon Musk using his enormous public platform to mainstream holocaust denial.
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Elon Musk using his enormous public platform to mainstream holocaust denial.
Christian Nationalists reject Judeo-Christian values because their brand of Catholicism ignores CST, or their brand of Evangelicalism frames salvation as exclusive supernatural reward for identity flagging, rather than the natural outcome of living in covenantal relationship with a loving God.
Mark Silk: “Judeo-Christian values are out and Christian nationalism is in.”
Mark Silk has been studying the use of “Judeo-Christian” in American life for over 40 years. Here is the Religion News Service columnist and scholar of American religion: …an excl…
thewayofimprovement.blog
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Christian Nationalists reject Judeo-Christian values because their brand of Catholicism ignores CST, or their brand of Evangelicalism frames salvation as exclusive supernatural reward for identity flagging, rather than the natural outcome of living in covenantal relationship with a loving God.
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In my work, democracy isn’t a regime type. It’s the set of conditions that let a society check what’s true, argue about it, and hold power to account. When that system breaks, the label on the regime stops telling you anything useful.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In my work, democracy isn’t a regime type. It’s the set of conditions that let a society check what’s true, argue about it, and hold power to account. When that system breaks, the label on the regime stops telling you anything useful.
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"I am not able to flap my arms and fly" is not an evidence-based claim because no study exists ruling out the possibility.
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"I am not able to flap my arms and fly" is not an evidence-based claim because no study exists ruling out the possibility.
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We have so much in common 'across the pond' - sadly!
It shouldn't be like this.
Over here all the healthcare 'powers that be' are justifying their intransigence by claiming that they have to wait for the Inquiry’s module 3 report next spring - just stalling!
It shouldn't be like this.
Over here all the healthcare 'powers that be' are justifying their intransigence by claiming that they have to wait for the Inquiry’s module 3 report next spring - just stalling!
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We have so much in common 'across the pond' - sadly!
It shouldn't be like this.
Over here all the healthcare 'powers that be' are justifying their intransigence by claiming that they have to wait for the Inquiry’s module 3 report next spring - just stalling!
It shouldn't be like this.
Over here all the healthcare 'powers that be' are justifying their intransigence by claiming that they have to wait for the Inquiry’s module 3 report next spring - just stalling!
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@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social Why did Labour remove 13 million Covid vaccines to clinically vulnerable? Prevention matters!
Latest ONS data show 142 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 7 Nov 2025.
🤦Up again.
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared.
🛑It continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while national strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for stronger infection prevention...
🤦Up again.
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared.
🛑It continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while national strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for stronger infection prevention...
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social Why did Labour remove 13 million Covid vaccines to clinically vulnerable? Prevention matters!
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What did disabled people tell us would happen when covid deaths were always explained away with pre-existing conditions?
Jewish Federations applauds Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at Bari Weiss's Free Press, as she victory laps her (ghoulish and erroneous) reporting that some of the children Israel was starving to death and denying medical aid to in Gaza had pre-existing conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
What did disabled people tell us would happen when covid deaths were always explained away with pre-existing conditions?
Cleaning the indoor air in hospitals would be a good start. The policy decision NOT to do this is killing patients every day with preventable, hospital acquired airborne infectious diseases.
I won't start ranting about it because I just get myself worked up, but quickly: I literally can not think of an investment of public funds that has a higher return than *cleaning the indoor air in schools*. It's so easy, so cheap, & has such HUGE payoff. Criminal that we basically don't do it.
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cleaning the indoor air in hospitals would be a good start. The policy decision NOT to do this is killing patients every day with preventable, hospital acquired airborne infectious diseases.
"The purpose of this pledge is to lay out the priorities for indoor air quality, why it matters to us as humans, why it matters from pandemic preparedness and climate resilience and human rights, accessibility for all, workplace safety."
✅ #CleanIndoorAir is a human right!
✅ #CleanIndoorAir is a human right!
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"The purpose of this pledge is to lay out the priorities for indoor air quality, why it matters to us as humans, why it matters from pandemic preparedness and climate resilience and human rights, accessibility for all, workplace safety."
✅ #CleanIndoorAir is a human right!
✅ #CleanIndoorAir is a human right!
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Canada has it's own "Urgency of Brunch" crowd, who killed people for the sake of their own egos, and now insist talking about it is "out of scope".
Public health will not regain trust until it deals with the culture of manipulation, deception and entitlement that is exemplified by its leaders.
Public health will not regain trust until it deals with the culture of manipulation, deception and entitlement that is exemplified by its leaders.
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Canada has it's own "Urgency of Brunch" crowd, who killed people for the sake of their own egos, and now insist talking about it is "out of scope".
Public health will not regain trust until it deals with the culture of manipulation, deception and entitlement that is exemplified by its leaders.
Public health will not regain trust until it deals with the culture of manipulation, deception and entitlement that is exemplified by its leaders.
To be fair, current government policy is killing people, & they are hiding that well too.
#CovidIsAirborne
Just sort out indoor air quality already!
#CovidIsAirborne
Just sort out indoor air quality already!
Imagine the thought that a government's policy was killing people but they strive to keep it hidden. Everyone involved in this cover up should be locked up.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
To be fair, current government policy is killing people, & they are hiding that well too.
#CovidIsAirborne
Just sort out indoor air quality already!
#CovidIsAirborne
Just sort out indoor air quality already!