3/ Delta is more pathogenic, the question is by how much, surely this means the chance of risk is increased for everyone, children will still have lower risk than someone older and unvaccinated
๐งตLong Covid in Children, the UKs impact on the global debate on schools and covid.
Today we see a perfect example
The Zoe study comes out and hits headlines, many outlets are stating this is proof we don't need to worry about long covid in children
2/ Its interesting to see studies and statements make it into the headlines and which don't.
When ONS data said the long covid rate was around 8-12% depending on age, that didn't recieve the same level of attention and those who reported it cast doubt on the numbers.
3/ Some UK studies and stats gain a lot more attention than others, some are treated as fact others are presented with doubt.
Most international research on schools and children seems to be wilfully ignored
Remember hearing about a 2 day science summit on long covid?
Government scraps ยฃ300m initiative on mental health in primary school
Where are all those ppl who said they cared about student mental health a couple of months ago when they were arguing against mitigations in schools? schoolsweek.co.uk/mental-health-โฆ
As for the Students have lost X days in schools = y loss of lifetime earnings
Availability of opportunity will have a greater impact, here we have options available being removed
3/ Tominey says we almost have 90% with antibodies so basically have herd immunity so why should we use vaccine passports or financial incentives to encourage younger ppl to get vaccinated
Of course this is 90% of adults with some antibodies, not whole population inc under 18s
3/ For those not familiar with full details of UsForThem, see this part of a thread of mine and the links, I will be returning to the rest of the thread shortly
The article at the top is a good starting point for HART and the network, however there's more