The UK should stop the community testing for COVID-19, and only test those who become ill, a group of lawmakers heard. Speaking virtually on Tuesday at an All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus evidence hearing, Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said the absence of children at schools is “largely driven by the testing policies.” “If you test a lot of children and show that there’s [sic] some cases, and you end up sending home their contacts or classes or even year groups, that has a huge impact,” MPs and Peers heard. Pollard said that there’s no need to disrupt education en-mass because children, in general, don’t get severe COVID-19 symptoms from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, and those who are most susceptible to severe diseases will be offered vaccination. “We probably should be moving to a situation where we’re clinically driven,” Pollard said. “So someone is …
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