10% of all #COVID19 hospitalizations last week were among fully vaccinated, despite >50% adults fully vaccinated in the UK— ➡️ this is the #DeltaVariant, which is 99% of all 🇬🇧 cases. I’m a big 2-dose vaccine advocate—but we still need strong precaution.🧵news.sky.com/story/covid-19…

16) Siri, define “#DeltaVariant is fast spreading”…. ➡️ Delta variant can infect people in mere seconds via fleeting contact. Siri, does this fleeting exposure infection happened often? ➡️ it happened twice in one outbreak. Video camera evidence supported. See thread 🧵 ⬇️

Is Delta more severe ? We've gone from 110 on mechanical ventilation 3 weeks ago to over 240. (NHS England) This is with comparatively low Hospital Admissions but hospital beds filling quite quickly. It appears, to me, patients are sicker than previously.

Dear governments dealing with #DeltaVariant: Please heed these words by Mike Ryan from March 2020. ➡️ "Be fast, have no regrets. If you need to be right before you move, you will never win. the greatest error is not to move" & "speed trumps perfection".

The projection from Sajid Javid that infections could surge to a record 100,000 a day in a few weeks, as all social distancing and mask-wearing regulations are removed, is especially terrifying for those whose immune systems are impaired or are clinically vulnerable in…

Robert Peston Sajid Javid Sajid Javid also said that relaxation of restrictions will help the NHS deal with the backlog of cancer & other cases. With over 100,000 Covid cases a day, how the hell does he think the NHS will have time to do anything else!

Robert Peston Sajid Javid Their approach makes no sense. Living with covid means doing things like wearing masks and ventilating buildings so we can do most things but keep down the spread. Living with covid should not mean let it rip and if it kills the vulnerable then that's OK.

Tory MP Miriam Cates, told LBC’s Iain Dale that she won’t wear a mask on public transport because “freedom is very important” and “showing our faces is part of being human.” FFS!

So, the truth , our new Health Secretary and our PM , chose money over protecting its citizens. That is a resigning matter. For both. #JohnsonHasFailedTheNation inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Sobering—The most vulnerable folks may have no choice but to restart shielding (ie stay at home) after remaining England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #COVID19 mitigation rules are removed on 19 July, Sarah Gilbert warns. Who is she?—the chief creator of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

FULL EMERGENCY STATEMENT: response to July 19 ‘unscientific & unethical’ govt plan Signed: Dr. Deepti Gurdasani Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social Dr Zubaida Haque Aris Katzourakis M Dr Gabriel Scally John Drury Trisha Greenhalgh Kit Yates Professor Susan Michie Stephen Griffin Robert West

Take note, Boris Johnson

C̷h̷r̷i̷s̷ 🇬🇧 youtu.be/ihLq-eMtNJI Please watch this press conference from Independent SAGE outlining their concerns about the government's covid strategy. Terrifying and Criminal. 🤬

Adam Boulton Sadiq Khan #MetCorruption

Playing for time on #PartyGate Boris Johnson thinks he’s now kicked this into the long grass and when it resurfaces the public will either have forgotten or simply won’t care Let him know he’s wrong #LiarNotALeader