Which we thought were gone! But they are back
Welcome back No.3 regulations
ЁЯЪиNew lockdown regulations just published, in force tomorrow
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 3) and (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
https://t.co/L5jwlTDaIE
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Which we thought were gone! But they are back
Welcome back No.3 regulations
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Oh god it's all amendments by paragraph references
Basically all of England now in Tier 4 and Tier 4 is amended but not by a huge amount
This really is a terrible way to make laws on the fly - who can possibly understand it?!
All Tiers regulations (Tiers 1-4, 2 December as amended) https://t.co/IraPQ112ak
And amendments https://t.co/L5jwlTDaIE
No sensible way of doing except by track changes, on it now, back soon
So this means that you can go out for exercise (or any other listed reasonable excuse) but not to recreate (is that the verb?).
This is my thread on Tier 4 - perhaps read that first https://t.co/zkKiVO62cd
\U0001f6a8Good morning! New lockdown regulations - Tier 4 introduced, Christmas rules changed. In force 7am today
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) December 20, 2020
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Obligations of Undertakings) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020https://t.co/Xx4JQJfZXV pic.twitter.com/zRXtP5mgoH
Key point is the original reasons - work, voluntary services etc. etc. are still there
"public outdoor place" can't include sports grounds or facilities
Not in the guidance I think but maybe they don't want to publicise
All of these pic.twitter.com/vYWMm25l3j
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) December 20, 2020
I think it means that you can only provide informal childcare for "critical workers" in very limited circumstances
Tell me if I'm wrong
- No open air recreation
- No parents and child groups
- More limited informal childcare options (I think)
- No children's sport or other outdoor sport such as tennis)
But otherwise its very similar
- Time limit on outdoor exercise;
- Geographical limit on outdoor exercise
- Travel between areas.
I think you\u2019re wrong (sorry!). I think this applies to provision of education/wrap around care etc (\u2018supervised\u2019 childcare) not to childcare bubbles (the \u2018informal\u2019 childcare exception, which was (is? Who knows anymore?) at 13(f)). pic.twitter.com/rrZnBlXGOZ
— Alex (@SurreysKnight) January 5, 2021
(7) The reasons deemed reasonable for placing a child in childcare / supervised activities were complex - they are now more complex - here is the old and the new - one wonders how realistic it is that parents are going to scrutinise this granular level of detail pic.twitter.com/Gzt2Alq5RL
— Charles Holland (@charlescholland) January 5, 2021
More important exceptions
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) December 20, 2020
- Reasonably necessary for work/charitable/voluntary services where not reasonably possible to do it from home.
- Note this is not restricted to Tier 4, so you can travel between tiers if you fulfil this exception
- Guidance may be stricter on travel pic.twitter.com/iWYMabh7xq
Another really important one -
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) December 20, 2020
- seeking medical assistance,
- avoiding injury or illness (which includes mental -and physical illness, in my view - if you need to do something for your mental health, do it),
- attending a person giving birth, visiting person in hospital pic.twitter.com/cPAmWvPnoM
Students can still move from student accommodation once and then back to student accomodation pic.twitter.com/qSPRrapyoR
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) December 20, 2020
Communal worship allowed - this is a change from the Nov/Dec lockdown which only allowed individual worship pic.twitter.com/8PkL6UjLmA
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) December 20, 2020
No there are more linked households:
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) November 30, 2020
\U0001f481\u200d\u2640\ufe0f1 adult
\U0001f9d2\U0001f9d21+ children (no adults)
\U0001f481\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\U0001f9d21 adult and 1+ chid/ren
\U0001f481\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\U0001f468\u200d\u2695\ufe0f\U0001f4761+ adult/s and 1 child under 1 as at 2 Dec or after
\U0001f468\u200d\u2695\ufe0f\U0001f481\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\U0001f9d1\u200d\U0001f9bd1+ adult & child with disability under 5
\U0001f468\u200d\u2695\ufe0f\U0001f481\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\U0001f9d1\u200d\U0001f9bd1 adult & person with disability requiring constant care pic.twitter.com/MxQ8nQOWkd
Important to see that you still don't count a child under 5 or person with disability who needs continuous care when you are with someone from another household for exercise
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) January 5, 2021
Not in the guidance I think but maybe they don't want to publicise pic.twitter.com/bw0YM8iEI7
More from Adam Wagner
A short thread on why I am dubious that the government can lawfully impose charges on travellers entering the UK for quarantine and testing (proposed at ┬г1,750 and ┬г210)
1/
The UK has signed up to the International Health Regulations (IHA) 2005. These therefore create binding international legal obligations on the UK.
The IHA explicitly prevent charging for travellers' quarantine or medical examinations.
https://t.co/n4oWE8x5Vg /2
International law is not actionable in a UK court unless it has been implemented in law.
But it can be used as an aide to interpretation where a statute isn't clear as to what powers it grants.
See e.g. Lord Bingham in A v SSHD https://t.co/RXmib1qGYD
/3
The Quarantine regulations will, I assume, be made under section 45B of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
https://t.co/54L4lHGMEr
/4
That gives pretty broad powers but I can't see any power to charge for quarantine. Perhaps it will be inferred from somewhere else in Part 2A?
But...
1/
The UK has signed up to the International Health Regulations (IHA) 2005. These therefore create binding international legal obligations on the UK.
The IHA explicitly prevent charging for travellers' quarantine or medical examinations.
https://t.co/n4oWE8x5Vg /2
International law is not actionable in a UK court unless it has been implemented in law.
But it can be used as an aide to interpretation where a statute isn't clear as to what powers it grants.
See e.g. Lord Bingham in A v SSHD https://t.co/RXmib1qGYD
/3
The Quarantine regulations will, I assume, be made under section 45B of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
https://t.co/54L4lHGMEr
/4
That gives pretty broad powers but I can't see any power to charge for quarantine. Perhaps it will be inferred from somewhere else in Part 2A?
But...
ЁЯЪиImportant changes to lockdown/self-isolation regulations from 5pm
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
┬г800 'house party' FPN & police can now access track & trace data
https://t.co/k9XCpVsXhC
тАЬLarge gathering offenceтАЭ
As trailed by Home Secretary last week there is now a fixed penalty notice of ┬г800 (or ┬г400 if you pay within 14 days) for participating in an gathering of over 15 people in a private residence
Fixed Penalty Notices double for each subsequent тАЬlarge gathering offenceтАЭ up to ┬г6,400
Compare:
- Ordinary fixed penalty notice is ┬г200 or ┬г100 if paid in 14 days
- Holding or being involved in the holding of a gathering of over 30 people is ┬г10,000
Second big change:
Since September has been a legal requirement to sell-isolate if you test positive/notified by Track & Trace of exposure to someone else who tested positive
Police can now be given access to NHS Track & Trace data if for the purpose of enforcement/prosecution
This will make it easier for police to enforce people breaking self-isolation rules. Currently there has been practically no enforcement.
Data says only a small proportion of people meant to be self-isolating are fully doing so.
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
┬г800 'house party' FPN & police can now access track & trace data
https://t.co/k9XCpVsXhC
тАЬLarge gathering offenceтАЭ
As trailed by Home Secretary last week there is now a fixed penalty notice of ┬г800 (or ┬г400 if you pay within 14 days) for participating in an gathering of over 15 people in a private residence
Fixed Penalty Notices double for each subsequent тАЬlarge gathering offenceтАЭ up to ┬г6,400
Compare:
- Ordinary fixed penalty notice is ┬г200 or ┬г100 if paid in 14 days
- Holding or being involved in the holding of a gathering of over 30 people is ┬г10,000
Second big change:
Since September has been a legal requirement to sell-isolate if you test positive/notified by Track & Trace of exposure to someone else who tested positive
Police can now be given access to NHS Track & Trace data if for the purpose of enforcement/prosecution
This will make it easier for police to enforce people breaking self-isolation rules. Currently there has been practically no enforcement.
Data says only a small proportion of people meant to be self-isolating are fully doing so.
Very important that obvious failures with Track and Trace and self-isolation (study late last year said 18% of people complying https://t.co/dhJUZ7Pm0l) are not painted as an enforcement issue. Plainly not. Would just pass buck to police who have almost no capacity to enforce https://t.co/Eb4Kl5Ze0E
— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) January 25, 2021
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Before we get too far into 2021, I thought IтАЩd write a thread recapping some of the research that came out of my lab in 2020. Most of this work was led by my talented team of graduate students, Kerrianne Morrison, @kmdebrabander, and @DesiRJones.
Back in January, a news story was published about KerrianneтАЩs study showing improved social interaction outcomes for autistic adults when paired with another autistic partner.
A detailed thread about the study and a link to the paper can be found here (feel free to DM me your email address if youтАЩd like a copy of the full paper for this study or any of our studies):
Another paper published early in 2020 (it appeared a few months earlier online) showed that traditional standalone tasks of social cognition are less predictive of functional and social skills among autistic adults than commonly assumed in autism research.
Next, @kmdebrabander led and published an innovative study about how well autistic and non-autistic adults can predict their own cognitive and social cognitive performance.
Back in January, a news story was published about KerrianneтАЩs study showing improved social interaction outcomes for autistic adults when paired with another autistic partner.
A detailed thread about the study and a link to the paper can be found here (feel free to DM me your email address if youтАЩd like a copy of the full paper for this study or any of our studies):
In our new paper out today, autistic adults held a \u201cget to know you\u201d conversation with an unfamiliar autistic or typically-developing (TD) person. We were curious: would social interaction outcomes differ when their partner was also autistic? THREAD https://t.co/4koqUKV9G1
— Noah Sasson (@Noahsasson) December 11, 2019
Another paper published early in 2020 (it appeared a few months earlier online) showed that traditional standalone tasks of social cognition are less predictive of functional and social skills among autistic adults than commonly assumed in autism research.
How well does social cognition predict functional and social skills in autism? Our new paper attempts to answer this question. This thread summarizes why we conducted the study, what we found, and why I think it\u2019s important. https://t.co/KB1nIpK0M2
— Noah Sasson (@Noahsasson) August 16, 2019
Next, @kmdebrabander led and published an innovative study about how well autistic and non-autistic adults can predict their own cognitive and social cognitive performance.
New by @kmdebrabander and our lab: Autistic adults don\u2019t differ from non-autistic adults in the accuracy of their self-assessment on general cognitive tasks but are less accurate on social cognitive tasks. This however was unrelated to social functioning https://t.co/0MrqMKKO0r
— Noah Sasson (@Noahsasson) September 20, 2020
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Why do B12 and folate deficiencies lead to HUGE red blood cells?
And, if the issue is DNA synthesis, why are red blood cells (which don't have DNA) the key cell line affected?
For answers, we'll have to go back a few billion years.
2/
RNA came first. Then, ~3-4 billion years ago, DNA emerged.
Among their differences:
ЁЯФ╣RNA contains uracil
ЁЯФ╣DNA contains thymine
But why does DNA contains thymine (T) instead of uracil (U)?
https://t.co/XlxT6cLLXg
3/
ЁЯФСCytosine (C) can undergo spontaneous deamination to uracil (U).
In the RNA world, this meant that U could appear intensionally or unintentionally. This is clearly problematic. How can you repair RNA when you can't tell if something is an error?
https://t.co/bIZGviHBUc
4/
DNA's use of T instead of U means that spontaneous C тЖТ U deamination can be corrected without worry that an intentional U is being removed.
DNA requires greater stability than RNA so the transition to a thymine-based structure was beneficial.
https://t.co/bIZGviHBUc
5/
Let's return to megaloblastic anemia secondary to B12 or folate deficiency.
When either is severely deficient deoxythymidine monophosphate (dTMP*) production is hindered. With less dTMP, DNA synthesis is abnormal.
[*Note: thymine is the base in dTMP]
https://t.co/AnDUtKkbZh
Why do B12 and folate deficiencies lead to HUGE red blood cells?
And, if the issue is DNA synthesis, why are red blood cells (which don't have DNA) the key cell line affected?
For answers, we'll have to go back a few billion years.
2/
RNA came first. Then, ~3-4 billion years ago, DNA emerged.
Among their differences:
ЁЯФ╣RNA contains uracil
ЁЯФ╣DNA contains thymine
But why does DNA contains thymine (T) instead of uracil (U)?
https://t.co/XlxT6cLLXg
3/
ЁЯФСCytosine (C) can undergo spontaneous deamination to uracil (U).
In the RNA world, this meant that U could appear intensionally or unintentionally. This is clearly problematic. How can you repair RNA when you can't tell if something is an error?
https://t.co/bIZGviHBUc
4/
DNA's use of T instead of U means that spontaneous C тЖТ U deamination can be corrected without worry that an intentional U is being removed.
DNA requires greater stability than RNA so the transition to a thymine-based structure was beneficial.
https://t.co/bIZGviHBUc
5/
Let's return to megaloblastic anemia secondary to B12 or folate deficiency.
When either is severely deficient deoxythymidine monophosphate (dTMP*) production is hindered. With less dTMP, DNA synthesis is abnormal.
[*Note: thymine is the base in dTMP]
https://t.co/AnDUtKkbZh
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