Tim, this simply isn’t true. The latest @ONS data (link below) show secondary school age children have the highest % testing positive for Covid.
Your app is a symptom checker. It does not measure cases. It is likely to under-represent children.
Please do not distort the facts.
Your app is a symptom checker. It does not measure cases. It is likely to under-represent children.
Please do not distort the facts.
https://twitter.com/timspector/status/1344335154840526848
The @ONS data can be found here. Highest % of positives in secondary age children, followed by young adults and primary age children.
So *not* closing schools, with the NHS as overwhelmed as it is, is sheer folly. School will only drive up transmission.
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
So *not* closing schools, with the NHS as overwhelmed as it is, is sheer folly. School will only drive up transmission.
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Screenshot from the @ONS report here: 
And the latest @ONS graphs for children & young adults here:
Nobody *wants* schools to close, least of all me and my children. But if we don’t close them temporarily, the increased transmission will inevitably lead to avoidable deaths from Covid. Our hospitals are overwhelmed. The situation is absolutely desperate. We must close schools.
Lastly, Tim, your app tracks symptoms - but you will know as well as I do that around a third of Covid cases are asymptomatic.
Please, everyone, look for @ONS data when people make claims about Covid. It’s gold standard, data you can trust.
Please, everyone, look for @ONS data when people make claims about Covid. It’s gold standard, data you can trust.
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