Your idea of #LivingWithCovid will, WITHOUT QUESTION, result in MANY MORE AVOIDABLE DEATHS & countless cases of #LongCovid.
Young adults, pregnant women, CHILDREN….
Please look at these charts/figures.
When schools/universities reopen in coming weeks, the situation will get far worse. Many students have had only 1💉, the majority of children will have had none.
Children & young ppl here have been thrown to the #COVID wolves @BorisJohnson 3/
There’ll undoubtedly be further educational disruption, which’ll effect those who have suffered the most already more.
Across the world, schools are investing in improved ventilation & kids are wearing 😷s in classrooms.
We mustn’t let PERFECT be the ENEMY of GOOD in schools. 4/
We must resist waiting to act until our healthcare system is in crisis again.
Look abroad to see what is happening elsewhere w/ the #DeltaVariant, to children/young ppl. #Quebec#USA#Florida
Anyone who accepts #COVIDisAirborne, realises that THIS IS NOT THE TIME for removal of all mitigations in 🏴 schools, workplaces, retail, hospitality etc.
Experts across the international scientific/medical community are absolutely horrified! @DrMikeRyan@IndependentSage 7/
Ppl living in deprived areas/multigenerational households, of BAME origin, w/ co-morbidities, ppl who are vulnerable for whatever reason, those working in healthcare, education, public transport, retail….will be at increased risk again.
#LivingWithCovid equates to a brutal #SurvivalOfTheFittest human experiment, where significant protection comes from wealth, having a large home, a garden, private transport, an option to #WorkFromHome
Just for a moment put the children, staff & families who’re being unnecessarily exposed to #COVID19 day after day in schools that are almost completely MITIGATION FREE.
Who’ll be caring for #COVID patients in the INEVITABLE, but AVOIDABLE surge that we’re at the start of?
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WHO Mr Williamson?
My HCP/NHS colleagues have for 18/12, & will continue to, put our lives, & those of our loved ones, at ⬆️risk to provide the care that patients w/ #COVID19 need across ALL healthcare settings & in their homes.
For anyone who hasn’t realised just how deep the #BackToNormal lunacy runs, take a look at some of the “nearly 50” @Conservatives who are actively supporting @UsforThemUK’s dangerous & irresponsible campaign to make 🏴schools #COVID19 MITIGATION-FREE!
This is v disturbing from @halfon4harlowMP
Could it represent a CHILD SAFEGUARDING ISSUE on a NATIONAL SCALE?
It’s clear that the CHAIR of @CommonsEd has absolutely no understanding of the significance of the #COVID19#DeltaVariant & is a cheer leader of #COVIDIsOver idiocy! 1/9
Watch it for yourself….his entire focus is on PRE-PANDEMIC “NORMALITY” for SCHOOLS, pushing back against bubbles, any sort of restrictions & makes no mention at all of how to protect CV/CEV children, families or staff as cases rise. @ChildrensComm@Rachel_deSouza@cv_cev
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His views on consent for 12-15yr olds are obvious.
Is it possible he will be able to intervene in @CMO_England’s decision?
Does he have training in advising <16yr olds on such important matters?
Has he even heard of #GillickCompetency? @drcarolinej@vickyford@LaylaMoran 3/
If we consider the age groups of schoolchildren & their parents & the overall numbers of #COVID cases currently, the return to 🏴schools will almost certainly result in a rapid increase in infections that is avoidable, unnecessary & predictable. 1/9
That the vast majority of schoolchildren <16yrs have been DENIED ACCESS to an @MHRAgovuk approved vaccination & that the #JCVI assessment did not include deaths from #COVID, #LongCovid, effects on parents/close family, educational disruption etc is shocking in itself!
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How can the #JCVI not consider at all that most schools have zero effective mitigations to ⬇️transmission of #airborne🦠s & that children/staff will no longer #WearAMask , putting schoolchildren & unvaccinated staff at significant risk of exposure to #coronavirus 5/7 a week? 3/