Thread by @jembendell

Crikey...
Time for a shift in strategy for the Autumn, to better protect the vulnerable & empower staff so when they're symptomatic (prior to testing) they protect others by staying away from work/crowds/enclosed spaces. Imagining vaccines are the answer may be a distraction

https://twitter.com/khoonseok/status/1426526706135826432

Although AZ, sinovac and sinopharm might not have as poor performance against new variants as does Pfizer. I'd like to see new info on that (not from the company initial effectiveness studies, but on current effectiveness against variants).

Comments on this graph focus on vax v unvax but that was not the point of the tweeter nor me. The point is that smarter policies to protect the vulnerable and reduce spread look like they will be required, as at least the Pfizer vaccines don't look like preventing a future wave.

So I repeat, that we urgently need govts everywhere to change labour laws to:

"empower staff so when they're symptomatic (prior to testing) they protect others by staying away from work/crowds/enclosed spaces"

Currently we risk losing pay or jobs

Where is the Left on this?

I know so many people who went to work with what turned out to be covid. I most likely got my covid at a spa from staff with a cough, as she couldn't stay home as wouldn't get paid. If only the workers influenced public health policy!