‘Let us hope that certain problems with the influenza vaccine — such as the failure of vaccination, in some years, to produce the desired increase in protection in previously vaccinated people — do not occur with the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.’
@jmcrookston Monto may be a coronavirus expert, but I think he lacks imagination:
‘We need to learn to live with these illnesses, just as we have learned to live with influenza.’
Knowing the health system as I do, I think we’d be better off learning to live without SARS2.
Plus I dislike the premise of hope-based science:
• That mRNA vaccines maintain high efficacy
• That antigenic variant emergence can be outpaced by vaccine manufacturers
• That multiple rounds of exposure to a neurotrophic virus leave humans free from neurological injury
‘Living with’ SARS2 is just a shit policy choice, foisted on us by ‘scientist politicians’ lacking the necessary long term view & moral perspective required to deal with such an issue as this.
SARS2 will feed inequality, poverty & continue to ruin even ‘robust’ health systems.
Choosing to ‘live with’ SARS2 has its origins in the same immoral, unimaginative policy decisions as choosing to ‘live with’ poverty.
Humanity needs to wake up, & start choosing to live without both.
Humanity needs leaders who will try to take us there. 💙 @YouAreLobbyLud
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‘The Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) to COSHH Regulation 7 states that if employers cannot prevent exposure to a biological agent, they should take steps to ensure that it is controlled adequately & consider all the requirements set out in regulation 7(3), (4), (6) and (7).’
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‘They [employers] should apply the principles of good practice and use each requirement where, and to the extent that:
• it is applicable;
• the assessment carried out under regulation 6 shows that it will lead to a reduction in risk.’
'@NHSEngland analysis supports an initial hypothesis that – if the model of paediatric critical care does not change – the services will not be sustainable or affordable in the medium to long term.'
'This guidance is intended to prevent transmission of seasonal respiratory viral infections focussing on influenza, SARS-CoV-2, & respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in health & care settings'
Does this indicate multiple, potentially conflicting meanings, or a single, clear meaning?
🚨 Evidence from WHO teams' use
2014: IPC of epidemic & pandemic-prone acute respiratory infections in health care
'The spread of an infectious agent caused by the dissemination of droplet nuclei that remain infectious when suspended in air over long distances and time. (9)'