Right then. A little thread about 'focused protection'.

Focused protection appears to be the new 'herd immunity', rebranded to sound nice and comforting.

Problem is, it's anything but.

Here's some background to where the term came from. https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3908

We *already* have 150 cases per 100,000 in the over-80s. That's hundreds of deaths in the coming weeks.

There were fewer than 10 cases per 100,000 in the over-80s in August. So that's a 16-fold increase, which works out as doubling every 2 weeks. https://twitter.com/Dr_D_Robertson/status/1321825254445121541

There's also some discussion about the 82-year-old - the median age for people dying from Covid.

Read this thread - those 82-year-olds can be expected to reach 90 if they don't catch Covid. https://twitter.com/Dr_D_Robertson/status/1321386596017545216

Here is my interview with @skynews today where I discuss (amongst other things) 'focused protection' (at 3 minutes in)