Thread by @MartinRemains

‘The government and its senior officials claim Covid should be regarded as similar to influenza and that we have to “learn to live with it”.’

This is a ‘plan’ to allow them to ignore COVID and do next to nothing, as now. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘The delay in vaccinating young people is all the more surprising given that the government and their advisers have put all of their eggs into the vaccination basket.’

‘The Sars-CoV-2 virus has de facto changed the definition of fresh or purified air. As other countries are doing, the government should respond to that altered reality and fund an urgent programme of improving workplaces before winter arrives.’

‘We now know that airborne transmission is the major problem, but the public has not been told that we need to shift to the use of properly manufactured masks.’

‘… the inadequacy of public communications on Covid-19. All too often, messaging has been aimed at transferring responsibility to individuals. Pointing the finger at people who are obese, reluctant to be vaccinated or unlucky enough to have severe underlying conditions…’

‘The inward-looking approach to Covid has been shocking and the refusal to learn from the experience of other countries is remarkable in a nation that has been boasting of opening itself up to the world.’

‘It’s a stark indictment of many developed countries that they stand alongside the pharmaceutical industry in restricting vaccine supplies, ignoring the simple fact that we are not safe from Covid-19 until we are all safe.’