Christina Patterson

@queenchristina_

Writer, broadcaster, author of ('brilliant, poignant and v funny' apparently). Podcast WORK INTERRUPTED: rethinking work in a pandemic

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Joined October 2010
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    Mar 18

    I'm surprised and delighted to find my book recommended here, and in such incredible company. I hope it offers some consolation to anyone who reads it. Thank you so much, : Tackle that to-be-read pile: the books to try if you're self-isolating

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  3. 14 hours ago

    So, it seems that Boris Johnson was *not* in Perugia last weekend. Several reports that he was (including one from someone in Umbria direct to me), but sounds like a major version of Chinese (Umbrian) whispers, beginning with a mistake. Excitement over. Pandemic not.

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  4. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    I still find it weird that, after six months, the official government advice remains that single people should have no sexual contact with anyone else, indefinitely, and nobody’s even talking about it

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  5. 15 hours ago

    Well, it looks like a game of Umbrian whispers. Ordinarily, a simple denial should be enough to clear a story up, but when you have a congenital liar in power, unfortunately it isn't.

    President of airport tells me ‘definitely’ did not come through here this month. Says original press release confused him with Tony Blair, who did
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  6. 16 hours ago

    How funny. I just wanted to check the official definition of "proclaim" for something I'm writing, and found this, in the OED: 'announce officially or publicly. "the government's chief scientific adviser proclaimed that the epidemic was under control"'. If effing only.

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  7. 18 hours ago

    PS, If anyone wants the really short version of that press conference, it appears to be: we're f****ed.

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    19 hours ago

    if you’d told me six months ago that we’d be in the same place six months later because this government paid Deloitte and Serco millions for a testing and tracing system that doesn’t work, headed by one of their mates, i’d probably be like.... sounds about right

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  9. Retweeted
    Sep 20

    Dr Fauci tells Jennifer Garner: * Children can catch the virus * They can transmit the virus * They are at risk from * Children must wear masks in class even in areas of low community transmission Is the UK government listening?

    Dr. Fauci and Jennifer Garner Talk COVID-19 and Kids on IG Live
    ‘Children absolutely can get infected’ — Dr. Fauci joined actor Jennifer Garner for a chat on Instagram Live about COVID-19 and kids, and how to safely reopen schools
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  10. Retweeted
    Sep 17

    Just spoke to someone in Tokyo and we did the obligatory pandemic small talk. When I told him the UK has sent millions of children & staff to school without masks in classrooms there was a prolonged silence. Then: Is your government insane?

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  11. 18 hours ago

    God, after that press conference I'm not sure what advice to offer the PM (which I've been asked to do on show in about 15 minutes), but I'll have a go...

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    20 hours ago

    Downing Street is denying it - but backbenchers certainly believe 's excl, claiming the PM was in Perugia this month. One tells me the background on his Zoom call with Tory MPs that Friday "definitely wasn't the normal room in No 10"

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    19 hours ago

    To all the libertarians & anti-maskers out there, it really comes down to this: “You cannot just take your own risk. You are taking a risk on behalf of everybody else.. eventually it will reach those who are vulnerable" - The way to survive a pandemic is together.

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  14. 19 hours ago

    Of course they are. Perhaps they can bring some girlies along to make the tea? UK plan to use all-male team to host UN climate summit angers observers

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  15. 19 hours ago

    And people like Jonathan Sumption, who keeps saying that it's up to him

    Whitty smashes the myth that in a pandemic individuals can assess and take their own risk (anyone mention Cummings?) and not affect others. "Sooner or later the chain will meet people who are vulnerable or elderly.."
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    19 hours ago

    Bitterly ironic that now everyone feels like they need a hug

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  17. 19 hours ago

    So, quick summary of the press conference. 92% of us still susceptible to this potentially lethal virus, which will be with us for ever. Perfect start to the week, eh!

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    23 hours ago

    Circuit breaker. Whack a mole. Squash the sombrero. Ramping up. Invisible mugger. Moonshot... How much less confusing would the government advice be if only they tried speaking in standard, plain, unpatronising English?

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  19. 20 hours ago

    I'll be giving my advice to on show at midday. I only have a minute, so will have to cram it in! Let's hope he's listening (assuming he isn't in a castle with bad internet in Umbria)

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    20 hours ago

    This issue isn't going away..

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  21. 20 hours ago

    I missed this last night, but can't wait to watch it. When I reviewed the book, I think I said that I couldn't imagine loving a novel much more. It's truly wonderful.

    A sleepless night but thank you for the lovely messages about . The novel means a great deal to me and I hope we made something that complements rather than replaces it. The show gets more emotional (and better) as it goes along - by ep4 it's Bergman-with-jokes - but ep2 has a
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