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9 Jul, 5 tweets, 3 min read
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BBC asked about exit wave now rather than in autumn.

Dr Mike Ryan says he doesn't believe it's their logic.

If that WAS the plan, it would mean better for more to be infected now & die now.

- epidemiological stupidity

Especially striking because many of those people will be vaccinated if the UK government waits just a few more weeks - by September all adults and adolescents in UK will be offered the vaccine.

This is a letter from medics and scientists about it.

debunkingdoomsday.quora.com/Medics-and-Sci… Image
Do please share this message with others and help add your voice to thousands asking our government to change direction and spread awareness in your community. Especially the unvaccinated it is not “ҜⓊм в𝐀 𝓎Ⓐђ💔” as Dr Mike Ryan put it. It is not over.
debunkingdoomsday.quora.com/WHO-urging-ext…
There is no need for an “exit wave”. We hear this repeated over and over in the UK. But Israel stopped its outbreak almost entirely through vaccination without an exit wave. The recent smaller outbreak is imported delta ourworldindata.org/explorers/coro…) Image
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11 Jul
BBC asked what WHO think about the UK saying an exit wave in August is better than in September.

Dr Mike Ryan says he doesn't believe that's their logic.

@DrMikeRyan called such a plan "moral emptiness and emotional stupidity"

100% agree, will explain how I understand it. Image
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Dr Mike Ryan explains later he honestly thinks deliberately permitting infection is not the aim

He is sure excellent scientists that advise the UK health system, will open up very cautiously and be ready to adjust.
However some people on Twitter and elsewhere, like that reporter, talk about an "exit wave" now rather than in September whatever the UK government policy is.

This is to explain what I think he meant by calling that moral emptiness and epidemiological stupidity.
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