#IndependentSAGE

Oliver Johnson

BristOliver

It's seven weeks since Pretend SAGE told us that there'd be at least 20k more deaths by April at current rates of infection, even without a second wave.https://www.independentsage.org/20000-more-could-die-by-april-at-current-rates-o

Dr Zubaida Haque

Zubhaque

What is the point of closing schools if the govt then expand the categories of key workers? This will substantially increase numbers of children in school; increase public health risk

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

Quick thread on current UK COVID19 numbers based on my @IndependentSage briefing yesterday... (H/T to @GabrielScally for twitterising the slides) 1/8 Deaths continue to decline (ONS gold standard measure), hospital

Elizabeth Stokoe 💙💙💙

LizStokoe

The gov't’s "New National Restrictions from 5 November" tell universities to “consider moving to increased levels of online learning where possible” & students to “not move back and forward between

Dr Tiziana Leone 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🇮🇹

tizianaleone

My daughter's class (London): teacher + at least 12 kids + nearly every member of those 12 families tested positive, including all of mine. At least 4 adults have been

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

We’re not even back to where we were in early March. We’re in a much worse place. The only thing I can think to do is amplify the voices of

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

We tried the central system for 9 wks & it's not working. Regardless of the companies contracted, it's the WRONG DESIGN. Let's scrap the central system & use the resources

Karam Bales

karamballes

1/ Thread: 17th AugustSafe return to schoolsLooking at this weeks PHE data report in relation to the @IndependentSage report on schools.Report compared to current DfE guidence is here.https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/12943206852512768

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

I keep coming back to this thread by epidemiologist @dgurdasani1. The gravity of the situation we find ourselves in & the government’s failure to intellectually grasp what is happening...is honestly

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

The Government decision on pupils who lack the resources to study at home is emblematic of their whole pandemic response.First they promised to provide resources.Then they broke that promise.Now they

Martin Powell-Davies

MPDNUT

Based on an analysis of the latest data and the recommendations of @IndependentSage @dgurdasani1 and others, I have proposed a new set of "5 tests" for discussion by @NEUnion members

Ruth Swailes #FFF

SwailesRuth

Clarification from the DFE today that nursery classes in schools and maintained nursery should remain fully open. Please can we see the scientific evidence which the government has used in

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

THREAD: Takeaway messages from our @IndependentSage weekly briefing today. (TLDR: cases going up but slowly, act now, ditch central test and trace system, go local and drive cases down for

Emily Henderson

DrEmHenderson

1/6 It is a Cold. Hard. Terrifying. Truth that the situation is now worse than April. Full lockdown will allow the NHS to recover some capacity. It will facilitate the

Karam Bales

karamballes

1/ @IndependentSage report on schools is worth looking at, they would also like feedback on suggested measures.#edutwitter https://twitter.com/IndependentSage/status/1294284786110992390 2/ Key graphic is the Ladder of Measures dependent on

Ryan

1nationtory

Apparently I’m trying to catch Kit out. No I’m fed up of the revisionist history from independent sage. Thread https://twitter.com/kit_yates_maths/status/1349774508119515139 Independent Sage have been on the airwaves saying England shou

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