UK note!

#COVSIM project @NCState models how #DeltaVariant might spread through a school, and how different mitigation strategies could slow it down. covsim.hosted-wordpress.oit.ncsu.edu/school-level-m…

Slides & headlines...

'Masks and testing, when used in combination, can prevent 80% of new infections.' Image
#COVSIM project @NCState model headlines

What Does This Mean?

Presumably the UK government is aware of such research and has a view about how best to prepare young people, their schools, and their families for the new academic year.

Without #masks?
Without 12-15 #vaccinations? Image
#COVSIM project @NCState model headlines

What Does This Mean?

Presumably the UK government is aware of such research and has a view about how best to prepare young people, their schools, and their families for the new academic year.

Risks to parents & grandparents?
#LongCovid? Image
#COVSIM project @NCState model headlines

What Does This Mean?

Presumably UK government is aware of such research and has a view about how best to prepare young people, their schools, and their families for the new academic year?

If so
✔️Universal #masks
✔️Improved ventilation Image
#COVSIM project @NCState model headlines

What Does This Mean... for the UK and its schools? It surely means there are some serious questions to be asked about the government's strategy.

Great link to much more detail via @denise_dewald.

#COVSIM model @NCState

'Masks and testing, when used in combination, can prevent 80% of new infections'?

Let's not forget [UK government] children below age 16 do not have an option for #vaccination yet, so surely are at particular risk for both acquiring and spreading disease? Image

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Jun 10
🌬️'Children with long Covid may experience new or worsening mental health conditions or psychiatric symptoms, which can lead to behavioral problems at school, changes to eating or sleeping, and other signs associated with pediatric depression or anxiety.'
nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/27756…
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Consensus Study Report: Highlights
'Long COVID, one of many terms commonly used to refer to persistent new or worsening health effects following acute infection, manifests as hundreds of symptoms in many different body systems.'
Via @theNASEM June 5, 2024
nationalacademies.org/news/2024/06/n…
'Long COVID, one of many terms commonly used to refer to persistent new or worsening health effects following acute #SARSCoV2 infection, manifests as hundreds of symptoms in many different body systems.' @pvolberding @zalaly @MVGutierrezMD @hopealuko @swulfie et al., @theNASEM. Image
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Feb 29
#Breathtaking: Since 8 Aug 2023, daily number of hospital beds occupied by people suffering from COVID, in England, hasn't been less than 2,000.
29-weeks where people occupying hospital beds infected with this airborne virus averaged around 3,245.
No wonder the NHS is exhausted! Image
Source: 'COVID-19 Hospital Activity.'
@NHSEngland
england.nhs.uk/statistics/sta…
Chart: estimated number of🏥patients, in England, admitted each 24 hours, where patient known to have COVID-19, plus patients diagnosed in hospital with COVID-19 in previous 24 hours [Jun 2023-23 Feb 2024].
🤔Approx 95,000; average 355 daily.
Data source: england.nhs.uk/statistics/sta…
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Read 4 tweets
Dec 3, 2023
Some 'countries neighbouring China have [reportedly] now raised their alert levels to high amid the rapid spread of the mystery strain of 'white lung pneumonia' - aiming to prevent the 'Covid-like' virus from spreading...' Report via @the mirror

mirror.co.uk/news/world-new…
Pneumonia:

‘Pneumonia is usually caused by a bacterial or viral infection.

You can catch it from someone who has it, or you can sometimes get it if you have another infection such as flu or coronavirus (COVID-19)…’

Further information via nhs.uk/conditions/pne…
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‘The Covid-like pneumonia virus has been a source of chaos in China for weeks; experts now fear a new pandemic could be on the way. Officials in other countries are preparing in case the virus spreads through their population...’ Article @DailyMirror

mirror.co.uk/news/world-new…
Read 5 tweets
Nov 28, 2023
Ventilated, clean air, plays key role preventing spread of COVID & its impact on performance & productivity.
Repeated exposure to poor indoor air quality proven to: lead to 🫁&🫀diseases, & cancer, exacerbate asthma, increase absenteeism. @JohnsHopkinsSPH
publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulatin…
'Indoor air quality can be polluted by range of sources, including mold, radon, CO2, particulate matter, chemicals in cleaning products, off-gassing from building materials and furnishings, and even outdoor air #pollution.' @ggronvall @JohnsHopkinsSPH
publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulatin…
What’s 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 our 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 air?
'Many 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 diseases, including COVID, flu, RSV, and measles, spread through airborne transmission, which occurs much more easily in indoor environments.'
@JohnsHopkinsSPH @JohnsHopkins
publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulatin…
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May 9, 2023
'𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻* is an important line of defence for infection control in the healthcare environment.' @NHSEngland
✍️1,077,993 people currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID in the UK: report @Join_ZOE 9 May 2023.
Healthcare settings to note:
england.nhs.uk/long-read/appl… Image
✍️Important notice for healthcare settings:
'Application of #HEPA filter devices for air cleaning in healthcare spaces: guidance and standards.'
✍️Ventilation* is an important line of defence for infection control in the healthcare environment. @NHSEngland
england.nhs.uk/long-read/appl… Image
The current focus on #𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 highlighted areas of 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 due to 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 and other 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. @NHSEngland
england.nhs.uk/long-read/appl… Image
Read 19 tweets
May 9, 2023
Latest @Join_ZOE 5 May 2023
🦠1,022,039 currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID in the UK
✍️Wave, after wave, of infections, means more illness, hospitalisations, deaths, and impact of #LongCOVID.
𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹. Image
'Variation' is key to the #SARSCoV2 'waves', observes @MackayIM 🇦🇺
'Each peak of a ‘wave’ (a new epidemic).'
❔Likely that new COVID-19 waves, and hospitalisations, are driven and dominated by a genetically different variant of the virus called #SARSCoV2.
'𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 adapting to the situation, through selection and expansion of 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀' - in response to our immune system’s pressure on their evolution - has been the one constant driver of every wave in 🇦🇺, and probably everywhere...' @MackayIM
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