Or just look at the data. These 2 graphs- one of PHE data by @ProfColinDavis & the second from a random survey- the ONS- so not based on testing. How can infection rates in these groups be *higher* than anyone else in the community, rising rapidly if schools aren't driving this? 
https://twitter.com/ShamezLadhani/status/1441689819223150592
Frankly, all the data point to a very clear role of schools in transmission. Denying this means denying so much real world evidence at this point, that it's just not tenable. If only the energy spent on denial of evidence had been spent on mitigating & vaccinating kids....
I don't say this lightly, but scientists that have supported unevidenced positions saying schools don't contribute substantially to transmission are also responsible for where we are. Children being mass-infected in schools, with all the impacts of that on them & others.
Public Health England as a duty to protect public health, and as a scientist working for PHE that is your duty as well. Please stop spreading unevidenced narratives that are doing active harm. Let's all push to protect children from this novel virus.
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