🧵Somehow in the UK we have a narrative that vaccines and masks are important for everyone except children.
Every hour experts and gov advisors are in the media claiming school arent really contributing to infection rates and arent driving Delta growth
Every hour experts and gov advisors are in the media claiming school arent really contributing to infection rates and arent driving Delta growth
How can children not be impacting infection rates when so many are being infected?
If over 40% of cases in my LA are in schools,how is that not significant? Local PH director says it is, PHE report says it is,yet PHE blog disagrees with own report?
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If over 40% of cases in my LA are in schools,how is that not significant? Local PH director says it is, PHE report says it is,yet PHE blog disagrees with own report?
vip.politicsmeanspolitics.com/2021/06/05/bor…
3/ UK reports find infections high in children, other countries look at UK data as sign of the impact of schools on transmission, yet the reporting of these studies and data seems to completely minimise children's role in transmission.
https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1400816314374148101?s=19
4/ Longcovid in children seems to be marginalised by many experts particularly pediatrics, this is occuring in other Western countries as well.
"Balance of harms" keeps being mentioned, the anti-vaxers are having a field day on radio phone in on this.
"Balance of harms" keeps being mentioned, the anti-vaxers are having a field day on radio phone in on this.
https://twitter.com/ENirenberg/status/1399756458519150592?s=19
5/ We were told Delta didn't have vaccine escape
We were told Delta wasn't more severe
We are still being told there won't be an increase in younger people being hospitalised.
It is more severe so surely unvaccinated groups will be hit harder than before?
We were told Delta wasn't more severe
We are still being told there won't be an increase in younger people being hospitalised.
It is more severe so surely unvaccinated groups will be hit harder than before?
https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1400875273365692421?s=19
6/ One thing the UK is particularly good at is data collection, the problem is how its then interpreted and acted on (or not) here.
ONS studies on #LongCovid are major studies yet seem to be regularly ignored.
ONS studies on #LongCovid are major studies yet seem to be regularly ignored.
https://twitter.com/Dr2NisreenAlwan/status/1401500872748769282?s=19
7/But don't worry BBC headlines are comforting, unless you read the article.
Higher rates of hospitalisation in younger age groups, too early to know the scale we might see but we haven't seen a big Delta wave yet in a country with good data collection.
Higher rates of hospitalisation in younger age groups, too early to know the scale we might see but we haven't seen a big Delta wave yet in a country with good data collection.
9/ Which is why the data the government is collecting on Delta is of vital importance for the rest of the world
Think of countries with less vaccinated populations and less developed healthcare systems, how do we prevent more disasters like India & Nepal?
Think of countries with less vaccinated populations and less developed healthcare systems, how do we prevent more disasters like India & Nepal?
https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1400356295400726536?s=19
10/ The "balance of harms" argument for masks in schools wasn't based in science.
The argument children are so safe the vaccine would cause more harm also doesn't appear to match the analysis
Drosten in Germany is recommending vaccinations for children
The argument children are so safe the vaccine would cause more harm also doesn't appear to match the analysis
Drosten in Germany is recommending vaccinations for children
https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1401127696625651712?s=19
11/ As happened in winter, the media still don't understand exponential growth, right now we have no idea what level of hospitalisation we will see in those with one jab.
https://twitter.com/Dr_D_Robertson/status/1401491359970758660?s=19
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