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5 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
OpenSAFELY: Risks of COVID-19 hospital admission and death for people with learning disabilities - a cohort study

HT: @apsmunro @DFTBubbles

Some concerning trends...
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medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Cohort study of data from primary care linked to secondary care & mortality records in England.
89% of adults with Down Syndrome & 38% with cerebral palsy on the learning disability register.
For under-16s: only 34% with Down Syndrome & 11% with cerebral palsy on LD register.
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It matters that persons with learning disabilities are correctly identified & recorded on primary care registers. How else can reasonable adjustments be made, or they are identified correctly for immunisations, annual health checks, care plans, etc...?
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We already knew the risk of hospitalisation & deaths for adults with learning disabilities was high. Adjusted hazard ratio for COVID19 related hospitalisation & deaths were estimated~5.3 & 8.2 respectively. Worse for adults with Down Syndrome (HR 10.6 & 36.0 respectively).
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What's worrying is that in the under 16s, being on the learning disability register was associated with ⬆️hazard of COVID-19 related hospital admissions (wave 1 HR 5.1, wave 2 HR 8.8). Perhaps consider vaccines for this age group #JCVI? ⬆️evidence vaccines safe & work in kids.

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JCVI statement on use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: 7 April 2021
Balance of benefit:risk still in favour of vaccination. Under-30s to be offered alternative vaccines instead if available, as a precaution.
gov.uk/government/pub…
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Background rate 2-5 cases per million per year. Linked with cancers, autoimmune disease & blood clotting disorders, pregnancy, contraceptives, infections etc

Possibly 2-3 CVST per million vaccinations.
1/
 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Let's put the risk in context.

In the past year, <4.4M people infected, ~127,000 deaths.

If all 4.4M were immunized, extrapolate ~22 CVSTs, but we would save >100,000 lives.

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An intriguing preprint (modelling study by LSHTM) just out: "Within and between classroom transmission patterns of seasonal influenza and implications for pandemic management strategies at schools"
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assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-32236…
Simulations suggest⬇️class sizes may not be effective in⬇️risk of major school outbreaks, possibly due to contact behaviour between students i.e. students may have certain no. of ‘close friends’ with whom they have more interactions that could facilitate transmission.
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On a lighter note this weekend, let me tell you the story of a (not so secret) service dedicated to protecting the human population from aliens.
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(They don't usually dress like that btw with exception of maybe @antmikeg & @Smithkjj )
And by aliens I mean the bug kind...

(Sometimes real biology looks worse than our imagined extra-terrestrial invaders)

If you've not guessed yet I'm referring to Health Protection teams across the UK who deal with communicable diseases & environmental health threats.

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Normally I enjoy the high standards of journalism in @guardian . Not today as disappointed with misleading headline that suggest infections are spreading fastest in children. It'll worry parents/teachers & I doubt most readers will unpick the headline.
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 theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
The latest REACT1 report shows prevalence of infection in ALL age groups has fallen, including children aged 5-12 from 1.59% in Round 8 to 0.86% in Round 9a. The authors of REACT1 report also (wisely) didn't try to interpret the prevalence figures.
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 spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/1004…
If this were a research trial you wouldn't place much weight on the age differences in % prevalence because of the wide confidence intervals, i.e. differences weren't statistically significant.
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