LBC this morning
Guest 1 "Primary school children rarely infect others"
Guest 2 "In a few weeks covid will be a non fatal disease"
Presentor @toryboypierce"Now we are opening up the schools what else do you want opened up?"
1/
Guest 1 "Primary school children rarely infect others"
Guest 2 "In a few weeks covid will be a non fatal disease"
Presentor @toryboypierce"Now we are opening up the schools what else do you want opened up?"
1/
This flawed thinking is constantly on display this week, a belief that once schools are fully open then we can start loosening other restrictions.
Schools are going to raise RO, 0.2-0.5 were the estimates from SAGE in May.
BTW DfE ignored all SAGE modelling for its June proposals
Schools are going to raise RO, 0.2-0.5 were the estimates from SAGE in May.
BTW DfE ignored all SAGE modelling for its June proposals
3/ That was before we had B117 and other variants to contend with.
https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1344679914084118530?s=19
4/ The government were warned in July about the risk schools posed with normal covid.
It beggers belief that in February we still don't even have masks in classrooms as a minimum improvement.
It beggers belief that in February we still don't even have masks in classrooms as a minimum improvement.
https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1359433657388306434?s=19
5/ Considering ventilation is one of the most important measures, its stunning there is almost no mention of it from UK government or media.
They could fully open schools but without additional measures we will struggle to keep them open. More disruption.
They could fully open schools but without additional measures we will struggle to keep them open. More disruption.
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1362880620343484416?s=19
6/ The extra infectiousness of B117 does seem to make transmission in schools a serious issue.
Really detailed thread here, when thinking of schools we need to be doing so with our dominant variant in mind, RO margins much tighter
Really detailed thread here, when thinking of schools we need to be doing so with our dominant variant in mind, RO margins much tighter
https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1360289161291390983?s=19
7/ Higher viral load,stickier spikes suggested as reasons for extra infectiousness, however this interesting data suggests it might be due to a longer infection time.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1362049551490637834?s=19
8/ This would mean isolations are ending while people are still infectious, particularly problematic if they are asymptomatic, and children are more likely to be asymptomatic.
Also UKs symptom list for children needs updating.
Also UKs symptom list for children needs updating.
9/ LBC presenter while I wrote this
"What about hairdressers?"
"What about meeting our family indoors? Get non essential shops open"
"The great great reopening"
"What about hairdressers?"
"What about meeting our family indoors? Get non essential shops open"
"The great great reopening"
10/ Yet rather than focusing on measures proven to reduce transmission the DfE are still banging on about LFT testing.🤦♂️
I sometimes wonder if having bought millions of LFTs before knowing their reliability they're now just trying to shift them.
I sometimes wonder if having bought millions of LFTs before knowing their reliability they're now just trying to shift them.
https://twitter.com/MaryBoustedNEU/status/1363401477419630597?s=19
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