Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

Good afternoon #PrimeMinister,
Reading the @Telegraph article below has caused me significant angst. As a healthcare professional who has seen just what #COVID19 can do, I am struggling to understand the rationale behind this decision.
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@BorisJohnson
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…

Just as we are unlocking cautiously you want to risk the lives of more individuals by removing one of the few mitigations in secondary schools?
We know that #COVIDisAirborne & that we have several #VariantsOfConcern here already.
Have you seen this chart #PrimeMinister?

V few <40s will be vaccinated by May 17th & while their individual risk of serious disease or dying is low, their risk of #LongCovid is MODERATE!
Many parents & teaching staff are <40.
The numbers of #NHS & teaching staff w/ it already are horrendous. Why put more ppl at risk?

Look at this graph....

#COVID cases in children clearly rose between schools reopening on 8th March & closing for #Easter on 29th March.
Even @UsforThemUK, the @hartgroup_org & the #CRG would struggle to disagree with this ⬇️.

#SAGE have advised you to maintain #Masks for the summer term .
Why would you ignore their advice risking the wellbeing & lives of more innocent people?
theguardian.com/education/2021…

@IndependentSage agree completely that removing 😷s now is a mistake, going against both the evidence & the data.

https://twitter.com/independentsage/status/1390697347399704578

With increasing numbers of the #B16172 #IndianVariant, allowing community transmission to ⬆️via schools is reckless & irresponsible @PHE_uk @educationgovuk.
Who will be responsible for the increase in cases that will inevitably occur if 😷s are completely removed from schools?

https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1390653917156024322

Everybody knows that pupils, staff & the families of both (plus their communities) have been put at extra risk by not making schools safe.
Many thousands of ppl have died & got long term debilitating illness unnecessarily!
Many families are grieving who didn’t need to.

It seems that those w/ power to make such decisions are listening to groups who’re scientifically illiterate whilst purporting to care about children.
Why listen to such unscientific nonsense rather than scientific & public health experts, drs & nurses who know #COVIDisAirborne.

This is what we could be aiming for @BorisJohnson ⬇️.
Wouldn’t you have liked a bit of this?!
There is still an option to change course.
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