Cowsham wrote: ↑19 May 2021, 11:07amIt has been proven without a shadow of doubt that the biggest factor in the spread of the virus is schools. Hundreds of families are mixing in one place day after day not just on a weekly pub / club visit. IOM track and trace proved that if you'd been following the covid briefings. A rich resource of info about the spread of covid was created from their data there.Psamathe wrote: ↑19 May 2021, 10:45amI think the case that younger population is suffering because they are not vaccinated is an assumption. Whilst it is true that they are not vaccinated, it is also the case that they are more likely to be in pubs, at work, in Primark, in the cinemas, mixing with others which would mean greater exposure risk and thus they are more likely to become infected. I seem to remember that the previous wave/surge started in younger generations (before anybody was vaccinated) and later spread to older generations.Bonefishblues wrote: ↑19 May 2021, 7:56am I heard on R4 this morning that, contrary to what has been reported (and which I repeated earlier thread) the new Indian Variant outbreak areas do not have markedly lower vaccination stats than other areas. The issue is that this variant is currently spreading in that part of the population which is younger than the vaccination programme has yet reached.
Undoubtedly vaccination will be playing a part but my personal opinion is that it is far more complex with many factors and a very dangerous for authorities to assume that because it is currently in younger generations it will stay in younger generations.
Ian
Can you direct me to the evidence re schools. I am not disagrees but I was simply unaware that this was the undisputed case.