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Edited by Chris Salter (@theOTt), a polio survivor, ppn is a free online news cutting service specialising in, but not limited to, polio & post-polio issues.
Aug 12, 2021 14 tweets 6 min read
#Book: Spike - The Virus vs The People - #TheInsideStory | @JeremyFarrar @anjahuja | @ProfileBooks bit.ly/3CzqdwY #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #UK #UKGovernment #SAGE #RecommendedRead Jeremy Farrar recounts: Even if the [SAGE] minutes were hazy, I believe that Patrick [Vallance] and Chris [Whitty] took a clear message into Number 10 after that Friday 13 March SAGE meeting: measures had to start immediately.
Aug 9, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
#Book: Spike - The Virus vs The People - #TheInsideStory | @JeremyFarrar @anjahuja | @ProfileBooks bit.ly/3CzqdwY #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #UK #UKGovernment #SAGE #RecommendedRead Image 1/ "On 18 February [2020], it was minuted [at the SAGE meeting] that Public Health England could perhaps cope with five coronavirus cases a week, generating 800 contacts that would need tracing.
Jan 28, 2021 6 tweets 5 min read
#Germany recommends Oxford Covid #vaccine not be used on over-65s | @philipoltermann @guardian bit.ly/39nnAlg #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #PublicHealth #VaccinesWork #AstraZeneca #VaccineTrials #Efficacy #Over65s @ASTRAZENECAUK @BorisJohnson @MHRAgovuk @rki_de @EMA_News 1/ Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, said: “This is a local German decision and the EMA will, as I understand it, will be approving it for general use
Jan 26, 2021 9 tweets 6 min read
Why experts say there is no basis to claims in #Germany about #efficacy of #AstraZeneca vaccine | @NicolaKSDavis @philipoltermann @guardian bit.ly/2LZEMoa #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #MHRA #EMA @adamhfinn @MartinRCGP @ProfDFreeman @MHRAgovuk @EMA_News 1/ According to the MHRA, @MHRAgovuk , for the AstraZeneca vaccine, "Elderly population Efficacy and safety data are currently limited in individuals greater than or equal to 65 years of age (see sections 4.8 and 5.1)".