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Transplanted Melbournian, now adapted to Oxford clay. Infection doctor and academic
Sep 15, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
Published today in @TheLancet after peer review – our randomised controlled trial of a policy of daily lateral flow device testing vs quarantine for Covid-19 contacts in secondary schools and colleges. (1/8)
authors.elsevier.com/a/1dlF4V-4XDSd… 18 months in, this is the first clinical trial anywhere examining interventions to manage Covid-19 in an educational setting. Young people have borne an enormous impact of pandemic controls. We need high quality evidence to safely reduce this impact. (2/8)