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@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

A reminder of 'herd immunity' meaning This definition was implied when 'herd/hybrid immunity via infection' was "sold" to decision makers and the public by its proponents. Some of them now claim that by 'herd immunity' they meant something else. Too bad they didn't say earlier.

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

Herd immunity in this classical meaning is what has been promised. Herd immunity in this classical meaning wasn't achieved for SARS2, and is not achievable. Changing the definition after failing to deliver/being proven wrong, is extremely disingenuous and manipulative.

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity

Herd immunity - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

COVID is harmful for kids. COVID kills much more children in Canada than Flu does.

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

"We are just hoping kids will be OK. I don't see how they will be. The data suggest they won't be. But barely anyone is facing this inconvenient truth." An excellent article by @BlakeMMurdoch

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

"... a prominent false narrative was that children are nearly unaffected by the virus. It seems most parents believed this, because most opted not to vaccinate their young kids. We need to change the narrative and properly acknowledge the harm ... COVID is doing to kids."

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

In US COVID is the No.1 cause of infectious disease-driven death in children. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2800816

COVID-19 as the Underlying Cause of Death Among Individuals Aged 0 to 19 Years in the US This cross-sectional study evaluates whether COVID-19 is among the top 10 causes of death in children and young people aged 0 to 19 years in the US. jamanetwork.com

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

2022 was special - it was the first year of mass-infection w/ SARS2. Under current policy we can expect mass re-infection for the foreseeable future. Transmission is everything. The more adults/children get (re)infected, the more will get disabled or die. https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/seroprevalence-in-canada/

Seroprevalence in Canada - COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Seroprevalence in Canada In order to tailor public health strategies to the current pandemic context, it is important to understand the prevalence of COVID-19 across Canada. Since the winter of 2021-22 with the onset of the Omicron wave, PCR testing for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 has failed to keep up with the rapid growth in covid19immunitytaskforce.ca

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

Do we want to learn what happens when all Canadian adults and kids get reinfected 6-12 times with current and future SARS2 variants? I don't. Because I know that cumulative risk cannot decrease. (Most of us are just after year #1 of this experiment. The results are dire already)

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

Transmission can be strongly reduced. What works against COVID, works against Flu: Universal N95 masking (mandates), Clean Air (HEPA air purifiers, ventilation), Travel health protections (symptom checks, testing, masks) Children are not supposed to die from preventable illness.

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

Reducing transmission in schools protects children and communities.

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

"The solutions for protecting kids can be gleaned from behaviours of wealthy elites, and they involve layering protections to create clean indoor air. The recent World Economic Forum in Davos used the following safety systems: ... https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-treating-kids-as-invulnerable-is-treating-them-as-disposable

Opinion: Treating kids as invulnerable is treating them as disposable Parents often believe in a societal fiction that children will just be OK and will live healthy lives. This can help cope with the anxieties of raising… calgaryherald.com

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

".. mandatory daily PCR testing with ID-badge access linked to results, new “state-of-the-art ventilation systems”, HEPA purifiers everywhere, various levels of masking and, it appeared, virus-killing UV lighting systems. Our children deserve these protections"

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

Let's not ignore the orphanhood. Reducing SARS2 spread at schools reduces infections and deaths in the community -> prevents orphanhood. I hope that with the knowledge about reality, we can improve the life of children and prevent further harm. https://t.co/7cMi2vYqow

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

We can’t prevent all causes of orphanhood. But we can prevent more kids getting orphaned by COVID. https://t.co/5S5HKU4rYD

@GosiaGasperoPhD - Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz

Not protecting of children (an illustration of which is a large undervaccination) is very likely the result of a prominent false narrative that COVID is benign for kids. I wish all ID doctors and paediatricians would start informing parents & general public about the risks. https://t.co/KwxmOk3FPv