Thread by @Dr_D_Robertson, Tomorrow will see the review of the UK's COVID status We are [...]

Tomorrow will see the review of the UK's COVID status

We are currently in level 4. The newly formed Joint Biosecurity Centre is now responsible for advising on whether we should move to level 3 and move to Step 2 and re-open schools on 1 June

We have been told that this is being calculated according to this formula https://twitter.com/Dr_D_Robertson/status/1259582039533268997

https://twitter.com/Dr_D_Robertson/status/1259582039533268997

However, we have also been told that there are five tests for adjusting the lockdown (see this story for how 'that overwhelms the NHS' appears to have been added to the test https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8266083/Ministers-accused-easing-coronavirus-lockdown-stealth.html )

In order to prevent a resurgence of COVID-19, according to @WHO we need to be able to 'detect, test, isolate & treat every case & trace every contact'.

I am of the opinion that the UK has not yet demonstrated its ability to detect, test, and isolate every case and to trace every contact. I view it as reckless to open schools on 1 June without this proven capability in place.

If the Joint Biosecurity Centre recommends reduction of the UK's COVID status to level 3 and members of #SAGE do not agree with this assessment, I call on them jointly or collectively to make a statement saying that they do not agree with this assessment.

Without a clear message from #SAGE and the other learned societies, there is a risk that scientific advice in this country becomes irrevocably politicised @CMO_England @uksciencechief @royalsociety @FPH @AoMRC

@JeremyFarrar @neil_ferguson @GrahamMedley @d_spiegel

@richardhorton1

The PM's official spokesman has now directly tied the PM's decision to #SAGE. If SAGE's view is that schools etc. should not re-open given the current testing regime and infection levels, they must say so, otherwise they will be blamed for the decision.