given what we are seeing here, telling people to use judgement about hugs & stopping masks in schools is frankly reckless.

We suspect that vaccines will work fine against B.1617.2 but we don't *know*.
PHE considers it an Amber risk with low evidence. We need that evidence asap https://t.co/4mDnZaYlfZ pic.twitter.com/4upob846n5

— Prof. Christina Pagel (@chrischirp) May 10, 2021