Reassuring news from a paediatrician

[WouldBeGood]

This is good to see.

twitter.com/apsmunro/status/1345367056519204866?s=21

That's good. It's more their teachers I'm concerned about.

And their older or vulnerable family members

That was good to read

Well Im watching Channel 4 news, just listened to a female hospital doctor who states the complete opposite. She says they are seeing a clear rise in children and young adults, those who were classed fit and healthy now in intensive care.

Was this the paediatrician speaking on the radio earlier today? Very reassuring with regards to the threat to children.

Thank you for posting that

@MuseumGardens to be honest, I wasn’t thinking about schools. More that I was glad about the children’s health.

Let's hope this calms down some of the panic and hysteria.

So the doctor on the news just now was lying then?

Which doctor where?

Watch the channel 4 news on plus 1. Should be on about 5.45 or shortly after. Doctor from hospital, the last part of the interview by the news man was the increase of children hospitalised, she confirmed it.

I’ve also seen this now. Some reassurance is nice.

I think some increase in children hospitalised is to be expected given huge increase in cases and the fact that they have been mixing more than other population groups. The statement above from the RCP is reassuring - was it made today?

Yes, today. Also they retweeted this

Thanks @WouldBeGood

That nurse was absolutely out of her depth - she should not be making statements like the one she did. Nurses are qualified enough to be speaking on this matter without prior authorisation. Sorry but it's true. I say this as the family member of someone who is a nurse. She ought to be disciplined.

@Snowrabbit

That nurse was absolutely out of her depth - she should not be making statements like the one she did. Nurses are qualified enough to be speaking on this matter without prior authorisation. Sorry but it's true. I say this as the family member of someone who is a nurse. She ought to be disciplined.

I agree with you

I mean, I think nurses are highly skilled and amazing. Loads of our friends are nurses, they are brilliant at their jobs. I just dont think anyone in any job role should be giving statements like that without context or data to support

Is he who he claims to be? Surely an educated person would know to write 'bears'?

@Satsumatrifle he is. He was retweeted by the Royal College. It’s a typo.

He’s very measured, not in a camp.

@Satsumatrifle

Is he who he claims to be? Surely an educated person would know to write 'bears'?

Twitter doesn't have an edit function, so the odd typo does slip through. He has been commenting consistently since the start of the pandemic, and very much is who he claims to be.

Anyway, children getting more seriously ill with those new variant is the least of our worries, the nightmare scenario we don't have to think about because what we have is quite bad enough.

More children getting the virus (no longer protected by a biological advantage with a virus that is now 50 percent better at transmitting anyway) with mean more children becoming ill and needing medical resources.

Whether this is a small proportion of the total number ill is not hugely relevant if that proportion still amounts to a very large number.

Fair enough re typo if he's legit!

I think children not becoming seriously ill is very good news.

There’s no agenda. It’s just good