Thread by @karamballes

SAGE: this will increase the risk of variants, will make it harder to contain variants and ethnic and disadvantaged communities will face the brunt of a lack of mitigations
Johnson: Thats a risk we are willing for them to take

Recommendations by SAGE are to try and keep transmission down.
Better support for isolation
Isolating close contacts is important, so the decision to scrap it in schools isn't supported by SAGE
Test and trace still important, still needs improving

Asymptomatic testing, important that LFDs are used appropriately and their limitations are properly explained to the public, this isn't happening
WFH still recommended

Workplaces need mandatory standards and regulations for ventilation, I guess this goes against gov ideology

Masks have high potential for significantly cutting transmission, clear guidence should be set out

So Johnson is ignoring SAGE again, makes me wonder why they still bother