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The timeline for the expression "They haven’t just been saying it for weeks" is:
About May 1 to today (June 11)?
Am I on the right track? Who do "they" refer to? The scientists? It is puzzling to me because if it refers to the scientists, saying at the timeline (May1-June11) seems pointless because the disaster has happened. Saying it early (to lock down) was meaningful at the time. I've got, linguistically, something wrong here.
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richard horton Retweeted (just now)
Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla
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2h
They haven’t just been saying it for weeks.
@globalhlthtwit @devisridhar @richardhorton1 @Dr2NisreenAlwan
& many more said it *at the time*. Hundreds of scientists signed letters saying it. Yet still these voices in scientific community not being listened to now
About May 1 to today (June 11)?
Am I on the right track? Who do "they" refer to? The scientists? It is puzzling to me because if it refers to the scientists, saying at the timeline (May1-June11) seems pointless because the disaster has happened. Saying it early (to lock down) was meaningful at the time. I've got, linguistically, something wrong here.
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richard horton Retweeted (just now)
Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla
·
2h
They haven’t just been saying it for weeks.
@globalhlthtwit @devisridhar @richardhorton1 @Dr2NisreenAlwan
& many more said it *at the time*. Hundreds of scientists signed letters saying it. Yet still these voices in scientific community not being listened to now
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
@krishgm
· 8h
Prof Neil Ferguson saying tens of thousands have died of Covid 19 because govt did not lock down earlier (when Italy was already in crisis) should not come as a surprise given @Sir_David_King @globalhlthtwit @devisridhar John Edmunds and others have been saying it for weeks