It appears that Dominic Cummings edited a blog from March 2019 to make it look like he saw coronavirus coming. Here's a rundown:https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-may-have-edited-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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Sarah Manavis Retweeted Faisal Islam
UPDATE: This is no longer a question of "may have" – No10 has confirmed he retroactively edited the blog https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1265237708072464386 …Sarah Manavis added,
Faisal IslamVerified account @faisalislamNEW: No 10 source acknowledges blog was indeed updated, but says the original version from last year linked to an article [in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists] which did discuss coronaviruses [in the bits not quoted from originally but subsequently added].Show this thread4 replies 62 retweets 156 likesShow this thread -
The funny thing about this No10 clarification (that the report he referenced did mention coronaviruses, just that Cummings didn't post them in his blog) is just that: THEY WERE THERE. But super forecaster Cummings didn't deem them worthy of inclusionhttps://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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Also, now that it's confirmed, might I add: editing your old blogs on your first day back at work is very "I'll be spending today catching up on emails" post-holiday energyhttps://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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I still can't wrap my head around the motives here. Did he genuinely think no one was going to check? Did he think you couldn't find out it was edited? Or is the 4D chess theory in action? I just can't imagine doing something so embarrassingly obvious.https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/05/dominic-cummings-press-conference-blog-predicted-covid-19-coronavirus …
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Replying to @sarahmanavis
Maybe he's just not as clever as he and the lobby think he is?
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I just can't imagine being this obvious. He has some level of finesse if he's running a lot of these successful ships so why point people unnecessarily to a blog that ON THE BLOG'S OWN sitemap reveals it was edited? I'm sure it's that he's just fucked up but I'm still struggling
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Replying to @sarahmanavis
Because he's always right. He couldn't resist a smarmy "i predicted this" even though he didn't.
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