David Miles
variolator.bsky.social
Once an immunologist who went to interesting places to do interesting things. Now an author who writes about people who went to interesting places to do interesting things. https://www.variolator.com/
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The Covid Inquiry’s Module 6 report is devastating. Its central conclusion: adult social care was treated as “something of an afterthought”, while “protecting the NHS” sometimes came at the expense of people receiving and providing care. 1/10
Show PostMore than 43,000 deaths involving Covid were recorded in UK care homes between March 2020 and July 2022. 2/10
Show PostThe Inquiry explicitly rejects the claim that a “protective ring” was thrown around care homes “right from the start”. It says that claim did not accurately reflect the lack of action in March and the first half of April 2020. 3/10
Show PostGovernments already knew care-home residents were exceptionally vulnerable to respiratory viruses. Yet protective measures were introduced long after Covid had taken hold. The Inquiry’s verdict is blunt: action came too late. 4/10
Show PostAround 25,000 people were discharged from English hospitals into care homes between 17 March and 15 April 2020. Many across the UK were discharged without tests because testing capacity was inadequate. 5/10
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