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Dr Duncan Robertson
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My interview today with @NIAbbot on @LBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WspfNPhWYq8With a short thread below on the points I made in the interview. The vaccine rollout is a great achievement - we are
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Things are getting complicated with variants.The problem is that there are not one or two variants - there are many.A short thread on varaints and mutations. (Naming them after places
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We risk creating a legal fiction that workplaces are safe when they are not.A short thread on the DVLA outbreak, and Government policy. In order to encourage people back to
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One thing to watch is that the payment of £500 to everyone who tests positive doesn't unleash the Cobra Effect.A short story about unintended consequences.https://twitter.com/JoshHalliday/status/1352328080837271552 An anecdote describe
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Comments on the vaccine roll out in England/UK.A thread.Firstly, well done on acquiring vaccines and so far distributing the *first dose* to a large proportion of the public. This is
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We need to treat the new variant as a new pandemic, and recalibrate our response accordingly.A short thread. The responses to Covid so far - 'Covid-secure', social distancing, etc. have
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The Government is making the same mistakes as it did in the first wave. Except with knowledge.A thread. The Government's strategy at the beginning of the pandemic was to 'cocoon'
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One thing civil servants learn is to write things down. Here is @acadmedsci's 14 July report commissioned by @uksciencechief. For the record. It sets out what was known in July,
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Who is in intensive care and where are they? A thread.The Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre @ICNARC have just published their report on COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU/HDU
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Here are the heatmaps for Covid detected cases, positivity, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions. This is up to week 52 (21-29 December). This covers Christmas, so data should be interpreted with
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The most deprived are nearly twice as likely to die from Covid than the least deprived.A thread. The @ONS have released this data set https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsduetoco
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Mass testing. Results from the Liverpool trial. A thread. And a big problem.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-testing-explainer/community-testing-a-guide-for-local-delivery A bit of background. To get out of national Lock
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