Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

@dr_musgrave,I’m struggling to see how you can justify tweeting these comments as a medical practitioner…It is almost as if you are living/working in a parallel universe?

In the NorthEast the #NHS is under huge pressure & elective surgery has again been cancelled due to #Covid.

https://twitter.com/dr_musgrave/status/1424767916856197122

A v good friend/teacher (doubly vaccinated)has recently been v unwell, she caught #COVID19 from a pupil in her class.
Many other teachers in the school became ill.

In the few weeks before the end of term, #COVID19 literally ripped through #NorthEast schools & communities.

I am certain that no one wants children to be off school unnecessarily but if cases in school children spiral out of control once more, education will almost certainly be disrupted, again affecting children in the most deprived areas the most.

It’s not complicated science, if 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿schools open in a few weeks w/ NO MITIGATIONS AT ALL in place, transmission will ⬆️ in the mostly unvaccinated schoolchild population & spread to families & staff.
CV/CEV kids, family members & staff will be at extra risk.

How can this be ok?

As HCPs it’s incumbent on us not to spread #COVIDDisinformation which may influence behaviour & result in unnecessary harms/suffering.

Believe what you will personally, but please resist tweeting “opinions” that may be believed by those w/ no medical/scientific background.

#COVID19UK #SchoolsScandal #COVIDisAirborne #MasksSaveLives #VentilationMatters

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