Correcting some aspects here- 1. There have been outbreaks of the B.1.351 variants in primaries, and resulted in surge testing in schools 2. Schools in Scotland partly opened on the 22nd Feb (primaries), & positivity rates in children have increased several fold sincehttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1384304239959105536 …
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I'm correcting your thread, which puts out information that isn't accurate (e.g. Scottish school openings). I've put down an evidenced thread here about variant spread in schools- we've learned a lot about this from our experience with B117 and now with B.1.351
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I do think B.1.617 rises are largely linked to travel, but there is community transmission of both B.1.617 and B.1.351 in England- we've been trying to get on top of the SA variant for a while with not much success. Schools have played a role in community spread.
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I can say i don't follow Eric out of fear at all. It's that he's been way out ahead of pretty much all the virologists, epidemiologists, European/North American state leaders & sci comm in identifying problems on the horizon. Does he use all caps and retweet a bit much, sure.
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But that pales in comparison to pointing to potential problems before they blindside us (Feb China...). May have helped save my elderly parents lives in Manhattan since I sent them into seclusion early on and they didn't come out till they were vaccinated.
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Agree.
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“Thrown together to scare”. This is a scarecrow tactic, not that different from attempts to silence you and others about airborne transmission. Please, the public doesn’t need emotional hand holding and spoonfed “hopeful info”. Good decisions are not made by optimism.
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