Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

Now I’m getting really angry @GavinWilliamson @educationgovuk

This document isn’t t worth the paper/screen it’s written on!

Who advised you on this unscientific, dangerous nonsense?

@PHE_uk by any chance?
The same PHE that has failed HCPs on #PPE throughout the pandemic?
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https://twitter.com/educationgovuk/status/1435634011762741255

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.

Day in day out!

@TheDA_UK @sbattrawden
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We’ve adapted to new working, given up days off/holidays, been berated by the press & tolerated abuse from patients.
We’ve coped w/ the anxiety/stress of working in high risk settings
We’ve put ourselves & our families at ⬆️ risk, some have tragically paid the ultimate price.
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We’ve held the hands of the sick, comforted the bereaved & just had to accept the moral injury of knowing so much NON-#COVID care has been delayed/postponed/abandoned because of the pressures #COVID has ADDED to a service ALREADY ON ITS KNEES!
@EveryDoctorUK @JujuliaGrace
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We jumped at the chance to be part of the national vaccination team & tolerated the utterly ridiculous amount of time we had to give to the LEARNING MODULES.
We’ve spent hrs advising pts that #COVIDisAirborne & that #LateralFlowTests are for ppl who are ASYMPTOMATIC only…..
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Those outside of ICU/Critical Care have consistently worn #PPE that most school dinner ladies would reject, whilst being warned not to complain or request #PPE advised by @WHO & worn across the world for protection against #COVID19.

@PHE_uk @TheBMA @CNagpaul @HelenRSalisbury
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And now in Sept 21, we’re facing yet another wave of infections.

A PREDICTABLE, PREVENTABLE & TOTALLY UNNECESSARY WAVE of SUFFERING!

There’ll be MORE DEATHS, MORE #LongCovid, MORE BEREAVED FAMILIES, MORE EDUCATIONAL DISRUPTION…

@BorisJohnson @Conservatives @10DowningStreet
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All because THIS GOVT is too lazy, too selfish, too ignorant & too greedy to manage the pandemic effectively.

And crucially because THIS batch of @Conservatives DO NOT CARE!

@GavinWilliamson @halfon4harlowMP @NickGibbUK @CommonsEd @sajidjavid @nadhimzahawi @Jeremy_Hunt
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Coming back to the document…

Does a FULLER EXPERIENCE include serious illness, #LongCovid or bereavement?

I’m damn sure losing a parent/close relative or ending up w/ long term debilitating symptoms wont add any thing positive to the experience of a child this academic yr.
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How’s it possible that #DfE are still repeating this👇🏼about THREE SYMPTOMS, 18/12 into the pandemic?

We know there are several other v common symptoms in adults, & that kids often present w/ abdominal pain, vomiting/diarrhoea, joint symptoms & rashes…

Why hide these facts?
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& this dangerous stuff about NOT needing to isolate when waiting for a PCR test result, about kids still being forced to go to school when they have a #COVID +ve household member?

I don’t think you’ll find a clinician anywhere who’ll support such poor advice?

@CMO_England
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The words “ADVISED” & “ENCOURAGED” to get a PCR test are woefully inadequate during a health crisis like this.

We can see clearly the result of 😷wearing becoming a CHOICE everywhere in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿- week on week the number of ppl doing so is falling.
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& just what gives those in #DfE the right to INSIST on school attendance when they can’t even been bothered to #MakeSchoolsSafe in Sept 21?

What has been done IN SCHOOLS to protect pupils, staff & families, let alone those who’re CV/CEV, despite repeated pleas from so many??
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So Mr Williamson, as we face this further wave of #COVID infections, in the absence of any safe, wise or pragmatic advice from @educationgovuk, I will explain to my young patients & their families that NONE OF THIS needed to happen.
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I’ll advise them how best to protect themselves at school, in a country that’s lost all sense of #CollectiveResponsibility & I’ll offer whatever support I can to CV/CEV families & staff.
Sadly I know that for some, this advice’ll come too late.

Unforgivable #WilfulNegligence
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