Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

1/ #PrimeMinister & #HealthSecretary,

I just want to clarify how I can keep myself & my family safe from the #COVID19 surge in cases in our area?

I live & work in Newcastle, where cases are now well > 800 per 100,000, a real #COVIDHotSpot!

@BorisJohnson @sajidjavid

2/ How do you suggest advice to “proceed with caution” & “remain vigilant” will stop my #NHS colleagues & I from succumbing to #COVID19 as frontline HCWs regularly exposed to #coronavirus, now that 😷s are OPTIONAL in many places & virtually all restrictions will end in 7/7?

3/ Which exact bit of your roadmap/unlocking is still “following the science”?

The science that quite clearly says the best way to protect both health AND the economy PLUS prevent new #covidvariants arising is to KEEP COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION & CASES LOW?

4/ The science that says that trying to achieve #HerdImmunityByInfection will ALSO cause many more deaths & a tidal wave of long term morbidity?

Or the science that says #COVIDisAirborne so the ongoing focus on surface wiping & hand-washing will fail to control transmission?

5/ Have you considered the science that says that CROWDED, POORLY VENTILATED INDOOR SPACES ARE HIGH RISK & that there will be ongoing educational (& employment) disruption until VENTILATION IN SCHOOLS (& workplaces) is taken seriously & investment is provided for it?

6/ What about the science that ?s the rationale 4 ⬇️MITIGATIONS when our adult vaccination programme is weeks away from completion or that’s lead the #JCVI to approve vaccination of 12-18yr olds?

Or that mixing a partially vaccinated popn w/ ⬆️cases could lead to vaccine escape?

7/ #PrimeMinister….

YOU (& YOUR ADVISORS)STOPPED FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE MANY MOONS AGO!

Your “strategy” has NOTHING to do with PUBLIC HEALTH & EVERYTHING to do with the ECONOMY & the FREEDOMS of #Tory MPs, donors & voters.

8/ Be honest with the British public….”personal responsibility” just isn’t going to do the job!

It doesn’t stand a chance.

Look at scenes from @wembleystadium & around #London y’day to see just how ludicrous that suggestion is!!

#Wembley #LeicesterSquare

9/ So I’ll ask again…

Just how will advice to “proceed w/ caution” & “remain vigilant” prevent a huge #3rdWave of infections, UNNECESSARY, AVOIDABLE DEATHS of many more ppl, debilitating #LongCovid symptoms in countless others & non-#COVID harms due to ⬆️ #NHS pressure?

10/ Further economic chaos & the potential for a further devastating #lockdown are just around the corner!

Your “strategy” is neither scientific nor intelligent, financially astute nor compassionate.

It’s viewed by the vast majority of UK experts & MORE as RECKLESS & NEGLIGENT.

11/ I am not alone in believing that this #HerdImmunityByInfection “strategy” for a novel virus is based on ideology rather than science, mixed with lethal #BritishExceptionalism, insatiable greed for both power & wealth & is not only UTTERLY UNFORGIVABLE but is also CRIMINAL!

12/ Watch this press conference from members of @IndependentSage & other experts, following the letter published in @TheLancet last week.
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https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1414608760522395648

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“Proceed with caution” & “Remain vigilant” ….. BAH HUMBUG!

#COVIDisAirborne #VentilationMatters #MasksSaveLives #Covid19UK #SOSUK

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