Oh wow..great interview Cochrane review lead author re masks: "Governments had bad advisors from the very beginning..They were convinced by non-randomised studies, flawed observational studies" &Cochrane held up the publication of their initial review for 7 months until 11/2020?

Quite Right Michael Absoud. One CANNOT compare #COVID19 severity/deaths to other infections because: 1. No other infection affected a population with ZERO IMMUNITY like #SARSCoV2 did 2. We have NEVER TESTED so many people so much for any other infection like we did for #SARSCoV2👇

NEW: One of the largest and most comprehensive studies on masks to date found they do almost nothing to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. The study was done by the Cochrane Review—a database long considered the Bible for evidence-based medicine.🧵 freebeacon.com/coronavirus/th…

The first RCT on #PIMSTS/#MISC compared methylprednisolone vs IVIG and found no difference in length of hospital stay. Read the Swisspeds Recovery trial by Luregn Schlapbach & colleagues: bit.ly/3RDAQ9P #PedsICU

Three out of these four messages are correct at this stage of the #COVID19 pandemic 👇

Claiming RCTs of masks are invalid because people don’t wear them properly is utterly upside down This isn’t what invalidates RCTs - it’s what invalidates the lab studies If your intervention falls apart when subjected to its end user, that’s what counts Not mannequins

Latest research from UK Health Security Agency analyses the effectiveness of the UK’s MenB vaccine since introduction into the infant immunisation program. Its findings reinforce why it’s so important for children to get their vaccinations as scheduled 👇 bit.ly/3ROrOXJ #Meningitis

Unbelievable - we are now into the 4th year of the pandemic 👇

Worth reading this thread: “The obsession over SARS-CoV-2 deaths in children to the detriment of other causes of deaths (not just viral infection) is problematic” 👇

Imagine a virus that is claimed to damage immune systems and yet protects (very efficiently!) against infection by itself 🤦 what the pandemic has done - sadly - is damage common sense “Past #SARSCoV2 infection protection against re-infection” The Lancet Microbe 👇

Thank you Paul Roundy - this message is so hard to convey, especially to those who are convinced that #COVID19 is kids is more harmful than other viruses that have been circulating for many more years than #SARSCoV2 👇

The most reasonable, evidence-based thing I've ever read on screen time for kids rcpch.ac.uk/resources/heal…

This is such a useful graph hidden in the supplement of a NEJM paper (Thanks Tracy): 👉 By 150 days post-vaccine, #SARSCoV2 infection rates were nearly equal in vaccinated & unvaccinated teens. We would have to vaccinate all kids every 3-4 months - not practical or feasible

Is anyone aware of any publication showing a 2nd or 3rd #sarscov2 infection in a CHILD has worse outcomes? Surely we would know by now? Everything we know tells us otherwise - deaths down, hospitalizations down, PIMS-TS gone (for long covid see 👉 thelancet.com/journals/lanch…)

This is not true - respiratory DATAMART assesses positivity in symptomatic patients attending specific hospital sentinel sites. Even then, if you have symptoms & go to hospital, your chances of having #COVID19 is <5% (from graph) - you have a >95% chance of having another virus👇