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If anyone at this point things that school openings haven't resulted in a surge in cases among school-age children, I'd urge them to look at the latest ONS data. There's

A brief summary of the very precarious situation we are in now, and why we have a very narrow window to act in the UK. If we don't act now,

My discussion on the role schools play in transmission, and what needs to be done with @bbcworldservice - speaking with Paul Henley and panelists, @georginagodwin and @DomJermey. Please listen from

A few thoughts on these interpretations, that appear to suggest (with caveats) that schools in England haven't necessarily contributed much to transmission. The evidence presented here does not necessarily support

A thread on where we are with the COVID-19 pandemic in England, and what we need to do urgently based on current evidence. This thread also explores why the govt

Another declaration on 'herd immunity' signed by Sunetra Gupta(Oxford), Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford) & Martin Kulldorff(Harvard) who don't have a single peer reviewed publication on covid-19 epidemiology between themCan we st

It's important that the media comment within their realm of expertise, and not mislead the public. A misleading thread critiquing govt predictions around the COVID-19 pandemic without a real understanding

Given the recent public statements by several govt advisors regarding opening of schools, here's a thread on evidence around COVID in children:The govt (& UK scientific 'experts') have recently cited

This is exactly the problem. Not only is pillar 2 data not available publicly, it's also not available to local authorities, making it impossible to identify what's causing this outbreak,

After having over three months to prepare, the government test & trace strategy appears really poorly thought out. Here's a thread about the gaps between a successful test, trace &

So at a point where the UK is seeing an estimated 10,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, and have no test, trace & isolate strategy in place, we've decided to

#dailybriefing today is frankly ridiculous. In order to protect Dominic Cummings, the govt now seem to be issuing advice that people can travel even while infectious, and that the advice