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THREAD: The latest @PHE_uk weekly surveillance report makes for sobering reading - here are some key things that have not yet been widely reported - inc care homes & inequality. Please read and share! (whole report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/919092/Weekly_COVID19_Surveillance_Report_week_38_FINAL.pdf)">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen... 1/9
Linked tweet shows that increases have been mainly in 20-29 & 30-39 ages but spreading to older groups. https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1307039310575734791?s=20">https://twitter.com/chrischir...
BUT this shows that it& #39;s spreading most in most deprived areas - where people are in poorly paid work & housing & can& #39;t afford to isolate. 2/9
BUT this shows that it& #39;s spreading most in most deprived areas - where people are in poorly paid work & housing & can& #39;t afford to isolate. 2/9
Meanwhile this graph shows *again* that those seriously ill with COVID (needing ICU) are disproportionately from BME communities. COVID loves inequality. 3/9
Hospitalisations are increasing in most places, but unsurprisingly mostly where infections are highest - the warning is that the more we let COVID spread, the more hospitalisations will follow (and, eventually, deaths). 4/9
Then there are institutional outbreaks: there were large jumps in 2nd week of September for care homes: 35 -> 228 COVID confirmed! We *can& #39;t* let this happen again! Schools and workplaces going up too... 5/9
Digging into the educational settings, we can see that outbreaks are mostly secondary schools but quite a few primary too. Expect college / university share to go up over the next few weeks! 6/9
Then onto contact tracing. Most common ways of getting COVID: from people you live with ( #1); from people visiting you & you visiting them ( #2&4); Leisure (inc pubs/restaurants) ( #3). The things we like the most are also the most risky :-( but this explains restrictions 7/9
Then, there& #39;s a cold virus going around! This is partly why the testing system is under such strain since there are many overlap symptoms with COVID. BUT cold viruses always have a spike start of school year so we *should* have been prepared. 8/9
So to sum up, once again inequality is biting: deprived areas, BME communities & care homes are all feeling the impact. The difference this time is that we KNEW all of this from the first wave. It& #39;s unforgiveable if we just let it all happen again. 9/9
PS massive thanks to @cfinnecy for highlighting many of these things to me on Friday and suggesting I do a thread!
