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10 Aug, 5 tweets, 2 min read
They won't stop will they? Despite the evidence that cases in kids rise even when adults are well vaccinated (see the UK), the fact is an adult vaccinated today is weeks away from providing indirect protection. They have no interim plan except widespread infection of kids.
Here is evidence from the more highly vaxxed UK, that cases in kids rise despite adult vaccination Image
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And if you think it's too much to say "They have no interim plan except widespread infection of kids",
see if you can find any mitigations they don't seem just delighted to find reasons to get rid of. Image

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12 Aug
While @ProfEmilyOster denies consulting with @GovRonDeSantis, she hasn’t yet repudiated her study. She should. The study claims to show mitigations don't work but has so many design flaws, even effective measures would fail her trials. Very long🧵.
nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/…
Probably because they’re assumed to be the “gold standard”, Oster’s studies employ the all the signs of being Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) in which mitigations: mask mandates, in-person density and ventilation are compared with schools absent those same mitigations. Image
Oster’s conclusion is, more or less, that mitigations make no difference to Covid case counts in students, staff and teachers associated with schools. Image
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10 Aug
No, @TracyBethHoeg, the article you point to does not claim delta is not "resulting in increased rates of in-school transmission”. In fact, it says the opposite. 🧵 Image
Speaking of the 12 presumed cases of in-school transmission for the summer, the article offers this: "By way of comparison, the district reported 2 cases of apparant transmission during the regular school year."
latimes.com/california/sto…
In fact, the article very explicitly implicates Delta in the rise of infections. Image
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Loretta Torrago Profile picture
9 Jul
This CDC presentation of yet-to-be-published data shows kids:
* transmit as efficiently as adults
* are infected at rates similar to adults.
It's not getting the attention it deserves perhaps because it's only available as video. I've done my best to faithfully transcribe it.🧵
"If you do not look for children outside of universal studies, you are probably going to miss them.

From various studies, when testing systematically for children exposed to SCV-2, children are as likely to have infection detected as adults.
However, one caveat to consider is that the risk of exposure for children relative to adults has changed dramatically during the course of the pandemic. For example, at the start of the pandemic a full societal shutdown likely benefitted children more than adults .....
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8 Jul
A truly laughable attempt by @TracyBethHoeg to pretend the divisions this Nature article points to aren't between her and every other expert quoted. 🧵
Hoeg is first quoted saying the rates in schools aren't higher than rates in the communities a point the article is quick to distinguish from what actually matters: whether transmission is occurring in schools.
In a familiar move, Hoeg goes on to pretend the 2 *confirmed* transmission cases reported in a soon-to-be-published study, represent all of the cases that occurred in the schools. The article again is quick to call her bluff by bringing up the importance of surveillence testing.
Read 8 tweets
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4 Jun
I have a question for people attempting to downplay the CDC report on hospitalized children. 🧵

WTAF is wrong with you?
First, it tells us that hospitalized kids get very, very sick indeed. 33% needed ICU care. 5% needed mechanical ventilation. So I ask again, if you are downplaying the CDC report:

WTAF is wrong with you?
Second, it doesn't imply "only" 204 kids were hospitalized. The CDC's data is from Covid-Net & is limited to certain states.

But kids aren't supposed to be hospitalized *at all* so if you are downplaying this again:

WTAF is wrong with you?
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2 Jun
By alternating between manufactured statistics and a breezy “Is that bad?” attitude @MonicaGandhi9, @TracyBethHoeg, @drlucymcbride and @KrugAlli
argue that protecting kids from a pandemic isn't really such a good idea after all. Who knew? 🧵
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
The article starts by considering risks and dismissing them because they are so low they don’t justify “the remaining restrictions [kids] face” by which they seem to mean masks. Image
Maybe it’s just me but freeing kids from the minor inconvenience of a mask so they can face the risk of Covid barefaced is like arguing the restrictions of seatbelts aren’t worth it because that’s outweighed by the joys of going through the windshield. 😱
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