Actually @rwjdingwall there are many choices along the way to #HerdImmunity

1) How many deaths & ppl w/ long term debilitating illness we allow as collateral damage?

2) How much we are prepared to invest in the health/safety of school children & the general working public?🧵
3) How much we are prepared to invest in adequate public health services & how clear/informative the vital messaging should be?

4) How much we value the lives of ALL UK citizens whether they’re young, old, poor, of BAME origin, disabled, living in deprived areas/on low incomes?
5) How much individuals are prepared to tolerate for the good of communities & how patient they are able to be?

6) How much we wish to work collectively to protect others by continuing to #WearAMask, get a vaccine etc rather than demanding “#Freedom”.

SO MANY CHOICES…& MORE!
Wealth & privilege are hugely protective factors against catching #coronavirus & the worst outcomes of #Covid_19.

And “Living w/ #COVID” will mean v different things depending on where you live, work, house/household size & on any chronic ill health you already have etc…
So if you can easily work from home, live in a spacious home w/ few others, have a garden to relax/exercise in, don’t use public transport, have no chronic ill health, can afford healthy nutritious food etc ….your “chances” of successfully avoiding the worst of #COVID are high.
The repeated failure of commentators like yourself to understand these issues or factor them in to “how we reach #HerdImmunity” has been/remains disingenuous, callous & deeply shocking.

Many ppl have few such choices or privileges!
Simplistic & dismissive comments like “we are all going to die one day” & ignorant suggestions that #LongCovid is psychosomatic are incredibly insensitive to any one affected & should not be coming from the lips of someone who has direct power to influence #Covid_19 gvmt policy.
Comments & policy should reflect the vast range of choices & lived experiences that the British public actually have, rather than focusing on a #LivingWithCovid #GreatBarringtonDeclaration “survival of the fittest” policy which is so brutal AND unscientific.

#Covid19UK #SOSUK

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28 Jul
Who are you trying to kid @Douglas4Moray?

The public health data says the exact opposite. I’m starting to think that to be a current #Conservative MP one must promise to ignore every single bit of scientific evidence that says #COVIDisAirborne!

@ScotTories @Conservatives
THE SCIENCE IS NOT COMPLICATED & shows clearly that #VentilationMatters & #MasksWork to⬇️ transmission in crowded indoor areas.

Schools across the UK have been more or less #COVID MITIGATION-FREE zones throughout the pandemic.
Children, staff & families have been badly failed.
#Tory desperation for #Freedom is selfish, reckless & unscientific.

Please listen to public health experts, medics & parents who understand the need for ongoing protections for the school community in Aug/Sept.

Ignore pressure from @UsScotland et al & JUST FOLLOW THE SCIENCE!
Read 4 tweets
15 Jul
Listening to @RicHolden makes me want to scream.
NO! We are NOT in a lockdown & no one is asking for all restrictions to go on for “in perpetuity”.
#Tory MPs are spreading relentless #COVIDDisinformation
His comments are as unscientific as they are dangerous.1/5 @claremcdonnell1
#COVIDisAirborne #MasksSaveLives - SIMPLE! I’m seeing the direct result of these figures & graphics in #Newcastle EVERY DAY.
As I said y’day- the #NorthEast is a RAGING #COVID fire!
Irresponsible, reckless, callous & ignorant views spewed daily from the mouths of @conservatives.
There is another way ➡️ listen to the 1000+ experts (drs & scientists) who signed the letter that was published in @TheLancet last week.
Listen to @WHO!
This #Conservative government do not have our best interests at heart!
@RicHolden - you are in the #NorthEast FGS!
Read 6 tweets
14 Jul
1/ Sadly I can believe our government is pursuing a #HerdImmunityByInfection “strategy” ….but I am really struggling to accept that their senior medical & scientific advisors & those in @PHE_uk etc are condoning such a brutal & inhumane policy.
2/Assuming govt want #coronavirus to spread rapidly, despite the natural #Firebreak provided by the school holidays, they must be feeling rather satisfied that the numbers of cases are ⬆️ so rapidly.
Presumably they block out the ⬆️in hospitalisations & deaths so they can sleep?
3/ They avoid the issue of #LongCovid wherever possible so are unlikely to notice the iceberg of morbidity as it gets larger.
Even if they do, difficulties in accessing a PCR test because the symptom list is inadequate will ⬇️ the number of ppl who can prove they had #COVID.
Read 11 tweets
14 Jul
1/11 Completely agree @ahmedaftab68

& “freedom fighters” conveniently forget the health & safety of the 1000s of transport workers who will HAVE NO CHOICE but to be surrounded by unmasked ppl outside #London EVERY DAY AT WORK, during a pandemic.

IMO this is GROSS NEGLIGENCE!
2/ The effect of millions of unmasked ppl using public transport across the country in 5 DAYS TIME in the face of current rapidly increasing cases, hospitalisations AND increasing deaths is likely to be devastating for individuals, families, communities, the UK & THE WORLD!
3/ Which bit of “the science” don’t the govt & those in the “as long as my life returns to normal I don’t care what happens to anyone else” camp, understand?

The pandemic IS NOT OVER!

Reckless UK govt decisions like this will have serious repercussions across the globe.
Read 11 tweets
12 Jul
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?
Read 13 tweets
12 Jul
1/4 @GMB & @BBCBreakfast what was the issue?

Did showing the many scenes of foul-mouthed, aggressive, reckless & idiotic “fans” wrecking everything in sight not fit w/ the ridiculous notion that we can rely on PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY from July 19th to keep us safe from #COVID19?
2/ I suspect asking any of them to continue to #WearAMask indoors in crowded, poorly ventilated areas next week will be greeted w/ a similarly irresponsible & ignorant response.

It’s worth noting that this reprehensible behaviour was PRE-MATCH, this was them in an EXCITED MOOD!
3/ I daren’t imagine their response to being told that #FreedomDay is NOT QUITE HERE YET & that the public need to be patient & tolerant for a bit longer.
& imagine the outrage when they discover that we should’ve focused on SHARED AIR rather than wet-wiping & hand-sanitising!
Read 6 tweets

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