Thread by @TehseenLadha

Let’s deconstruct these unreasonable, unscientific arguments one by one.
1. The monitoring measures that are being eliminated are not “extraordinary measures.” They are the basic tenets of public health for disease control and are continuing around the world.

https://twitter.com/AdamMacVicar/status/1422973750367203330

2. We are not yet at the stage of “living with covid.” That implies that it’s endemic (Rt=1, steady state). It’s not. We’re still in a period of exponential growth with an novel variant and insufficient vaccination to reach herd immunity.

3. The reason the rate of hospitalizations with COVID was similar to the flu in children last year was because PROTECTIVE measures like masking in schools were in place as were testing, tracing and isolating.

4. Eliminating widespread testing, tracing and mandatory isolation ensures the maximum number of the >500 000 under 12 yo’s will get infected come fall. This will mean higher numbers hospitalized and LONG COVID.

5. Relying on people to voluntarily isolate will work just as well as “personal responsibility” did during the crescendos of the 2nd and 3rd wave. It also puts the onus on workers to ask their employers for sick leave if they want to do the right thing.

6. We hear a lot about the impact on children having to quarantine for every respiratory illness. What about the impact on children who will again be kept home from school/activities because there could be covid*+ classmates sitting beside them and families don’t want that risk?

7. Yes children have a high risk of sports related injury. That’s WHY we have risk mitigation strategies such as helmets. The risk mitigation strategy for COVID-19 in children younger than 12 is VACCINES and they’re almost here. Why abandon all measures now and take that gamble?