NEW: CWU union reveals Post Office staff have voted in support of plans to become an additional emergency service during the coronavirus crisis. Staff could deliver food parcels and medicine, check on vulnerable people and monitor isolation. Letter to PM to offer services

I've been mulling over the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis modeling report on #COVID19 mitigation and suppression strategies since it was posted on March 16. Although mitigation through social distancing may not solve things I believe we can bring this epidemic under control. 1/19

My first bluebell of the year... You will have to zoom in a little. Stay safe.

Does pneumococal vaccine offered to over 65s offer any protection against Covid 19 induced pneumonia? #askskynews

This is badly misjudged. People should maintain social distancing, which is what these people are doing. We need to maintain public support for fundamental behaviour change which requires the authorities to focus on genuinely bad behaviour.

The ingenuity of reporters covering this crisis knows no bounds.

NEWS: Everybody going from hospital into social care will be tested for #coronavirus & isolated whilst the result comes through to protect those most in need.

My opinion piece in today's Guardian: Doubt is essential for science – but for politicians, it's a sign of weakness theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Boris Johnson just insulted every person in this country who has made sacrifices to follow the rules he implemented to save lives in this pandemic.

This was a test of the Prime Minister and he has failed it. It is an insult to sacrifices made by the British people that Boris Johnson has chosen to take no action against Dominic Cummings.

‘The Diana story is now dead. Unless Spencer speaks’. BBC Internal memo April 2006. Well nearly 25 years later Spencer did. profpurvis.com

April 15, 2020 👇

Jeff Hulbert Great photo, thanks. We hope it doesn't stay in our wetland and feed on the young waders, gulls, terns and Water Voles!

Important to see what Macron actually said. An accurate statement of the position.

Appointing Sue Gray is, off the top of my head, the first thing Starmer has very deliberately done which was absolutely guaranteed to provoke an avalanche of Daily Mail-infused bullshit. And that is both significant and highly encouraging. No wonder all their piss is boiling!

🗓️ Thursday 26th Sept ⏱️ 6.30pm 📍Isokon Gallery 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yc6apkk4

‘She could have become a female Philby’. A blog at profpurvis.com on my research with Jeff Hulbert about Jenifer Hart which is the basis of the Sunday Times story.

Unearthed MI5 files reveal how Jenifer Hart’s commitment to communism led her to abandon friends and lovers thetimes.com/uk/history/art…

I’ve written a blog about the research I did with Jeff Hulbert which led to this article by Nicholas Hellen. It’s at profpurvis.com

More background on these discoveries at profpurvis.com. The Times and The Sunday Times #SummerCampSpies