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Sep 29

This is the Pupil Attendance Ladder from a school in Essex, England.

Just read the words written alongside each attendance threshold. 🤬

Schools are making ZERO attempt to reduce the spread of illness and yet the children themselves are blamed when they are repeatedly off sick.

Attendance data shows that the primary driver of pupil absences is ILLNESS.

In 2023/24:

▪️49% of all pupil absences were due to ILLNESS.

▪️Pupil illness absence accounted for 3.5% of all possible sessions in England.

▪️Pupil illness absence was 40% higher than pre-pandemic.

But it’s not just pupils who are affected by this trend… it’s teachers too!

In 2022/23:

▪️2.6M teacher working days were lost due to ILLNESS.

▪️Teacher illness absences were 28% higher than pre-pandemic.

▪️Spend per pupil on supply teachers was 22% higher than pre-pandemic.

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@_CatintheHat

Sep 18

https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1793266317417439471

This is Prof Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor at UKHSA, explaining why she doesn’t think that FFP3 masks should be recommended (instead of fluid resistant surgical masks) in hospitals - even when there is an accepted risk of airborne transmission.

🚨Paging @trishgreenhalgh

https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1793266317417439471

It’s then pointed out to Prof Hopkins that, in the IPC Cell Minutes for 22 Dec 2020, the representative from PHE had stated:

“Our understanding of aerosol transmission has changed. A precautionary approach to move to FFP3 masks whilst we are awaiting evidence should be advised.”

Counsel then asks the million dollar question:

“You told us this morning that the evidence was weak that FFP3s protected more than FRSMs (surgical masks)…

…if that position is right, why here is a representative of PHE recommending FFP3?”

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Sep 17

This is Dr Lisa Ritchie who was the Head of Infection Prevention & Control for NHS England & Chair of the IPC Cell.

In this video, she explains why patients should never wear FFP3 masks - even if they are known to be highly infectious or if they are clinically vulnerable…

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The rationale she gives is that FFP3 masks have valves which the infectious particles can ‘leak’ out through.

Surely the obvious next question is:

So why don’t they recommend UNVALVED FFP3 masks for infectious or clinically vulnerable patients?

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Even more bizarre is the fact that, just 20 minutes earlier, she had been shown a document which she herself had co-authored.

This document included IPC guidance for SARS-CoV-1 and *supposedly* formed the initial basis for SARS-CoV-2 (Covid) IPC guidance…

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Sep 13

@NHSConfed Hi @NHSConfed @ConfedMatthew

Did you investigate the impact of Long Covid in driving the numbers of people dropping out of the workforce due to long term sickness?

There are 2M people in England & Scotland suffering from Long Covid…

…or 2.2M if you extrapolate across the UK.

@NHSConfed @ConfedMatthew Of those affected by Long Covid, around 1 in 5 (19.2%) report that their symptoms are so debilitating that their day-to-day activities are severely limited.

That’s 381,000 people in England & Scotland…

…or ~412,000 if you extrapolate across the whole of the UK.

@NHSConfed @ConfedMatthew Another important point is that 29% of those with Long Covid reported that their chronic symptoms had started in the LAST year.

ie. Nearly 1 in 3 people currently suffering from Long Covid are NEW cases which started since the previous ONS Long Covid report in March 2023.

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@_CatintheHat

Aug 1

COVID WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE:

Hold onto your hats… 🎩

The Scottish Covid wastewater signal is now at the highest point in over 2 YEARS… in summer!

(I’d love to share the Covid wastewater data for England with you too but the budget for that programme was axed in 2022).

Many people may think this is ‘no big deal’.

It’s just like a ‘mild cold’ now, right?

Wrong.

The biggest risk for most people is not the initial acute phase; it’s the longer-term damage that Covid is causing to your vital organs.

The number of people suffering from Long Covid in the UK has increased from 2.9% of the population in Mar 2023 to 3.3% in Mar 2024.

That’s 2 MILLION people in England & Scotland…

…or 2.2 MILLION if you extrapolate across the whole of the UK.

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Jul 31

https://twitter.com/drgorfinkel/status/1816633006892663224

Host: “The Olympics are back, but so too is Covid… Do you believe the Olympics has the chance of becoming a superspreader?”

Dr Iris Gorfinkel: “I think that’s a… for sure… 1,000%!”

“You’ve got 15 million people coming into Paris… ZERO Covid precautions whatsoever.” 🤯

https://twitter.com/drgorfinkel/status/1816633006892663224

As Dr Gorfinkel points out, there are ZERO mandatory, preventative Covid measures at the Paris Olympics - for athletes, spectators or the media.

If athletes test positive for Covid, there is no requirement to isolate and, if they still want to compete, they are allowed to do so.

And here’s how this is already affecting athletes who have trained for years to be at their absolute best for the Olympics.

At least 11 swimmers/water polo players have tested positive so far, and many more athletes withdrawing from races/matches with ‘unspecified illness’.

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