@MerylSwanLake @mugecevik @kallmemeg I don't really want to relive it by pulling out the tweets, but Muge has said that I'm such a bad example of scicomm that she would use me in her teaching. Meaghan has said I get paid by the Citizens for what i do which is why I have loads of time to write BMJ pieces etc.
@MerylSwanLake @mugecevik @kallmemeg She never apologised despite this being wrong and slanderous. When I contacted a HT in a school with an outbreak to understand the process for reporting outbreaks, she also said I had breached data protection guidelines, and was akin to HIV research where patients are identified.
@MerylSwanLake @mugecevik @kallmemeg I actually headed up the UK HIV genomics consortium, and ethical issues around this are very serious, and I honestly cannot believe someone would ever say something like this- it's insulting, offensive, in so many ways.
@MerylSwanLake @mugecevik @kallmemeg I think they can be easily pulled out from archives, but I'm frankly completely fed up of vicious attacks by both of them, and honestly just can't face it.
@MerylSwanLake @mugecevik @kallmemeg I've also seen them launch attacks on others- so I'm certainly not alone in this.

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21 Dec
An important study- it suggests that Omicron has a much greater growth advantage among the vaccinated, and previously infected, and possibly a lower growth advantage compared to delta among those who were susceptible (not vaccinated/infected or waning of immunity)
This doesn't mean vaccines are not effective. It means that among the vaccinated and previously infected, omicron has a higher advantage compared to delta because it has higher escape from immunity (although both have lower infective probability compared to unvaccinated)
It's possible that intrinsic transmissibility of omicron relative to delta (apart from escape) may not be much higher, or possibly even slightly lower. But it would still have a massive advantage among those with prior immunity through vaccines/infection.
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21 Dec
I honestly cannot believe that we're living in a country where our govt is acting against scientific advice once again, and delaying action on rapid exponential growth, fully aware of the consequences- for the fourth time- a stance normalised by a complicit media.🧵
With a rapidly growing new variant doubling every 2 days, increasing hospitalisations already in London, which is ahead in terms of spread. The lags between infection and hospitalisation haven't happened yet, so this situation will only get worse.
We're seeing the highest hospitalisation rates with COVID-19 we've ever seen in 0-5 year olds, and rising.
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20 Dec
Wrong. SPI-M-O modelling has a lot of uncertainty because of many unknowns which are clearly acknowledged. Saying we didn't have 200K deaths last yr (um... because govt responded with lockdowns!) is disingenous & misleading.🧵
SAGE modelling has predicted outcomes within their range of uncertainty more often than not. And they're very clear about the uncertainties. If you don't know this perhaps try listening to experts who have followed it closely.
Even where the predictions haven't been exactly in the range, the general direction of movement, and policies advocated for have been sound. E.g. not removing mask mandates over summer would've saved lives and prevented a lot of long COVID even if cases didn't reach massive highs
Read 7 tweets
20 Dec
On @TimesRadio with @MattChorley just now - who for some reason invited me on as an expert, didn't like it when I challenged his flawed narratives on SAGE modelling, and then never gave me a chance to respond - and hung up on me when challenged!
This is MSM- and they are very much responsible - as I said in my interview for putting out false narratives. I mean saying that modelling is flawed because we didn't have 200K predicted deaths in yr 1 of the pandemic is just lazy. We acted- we locked down in response to crises.
What do you think would've happened had we not? There has been a lot of uncertainty in SAGE modelling, which the modellers acknowledge clearly- and media often picks on one scenario to critique them. Not even acknowledging that action was taken in response.
Read 8 tweets
19 Dec
If you want to know what it's like being a Brown female scientist, this tweet captures what I deal with every day. Despite having called most things right & advocated for early response to protect public health and lives, time & time again, I'm attacked & abused. 🧵
Very few people know, let alone understand, what it's like being an outspoken woman of colour in academia. If you want to know I'd recommend talking to some. It hurts. Every day.
I've been outspoken and challenged injustice all through my career, from medical school to now. I've suffered *hugely* as a result.
Those who've known me for a while will know that I was dismissed from the @sangerinstitute after whistleblowing.
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18 Dec
I'm also puzzled by this- it's not a pattern that seems restricted to Gauteng, but cases seem to be peaking in provinces & districts in order of spread in SA. The rate of spread to me seems inconsistent with the attack rates predicted by usual transmission dynamics. Thoughts?
Important to understand this to try and see what this might mean for other countries. Certainly not the pattern that would be expected on the face of it.
Want to stress again that this isn't a pattern restricted to parts of Gauteng- it's also being seen in Limpopo, and parts of KZN, so it's not an explanation that would apply to one part of SA.
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