Journo: so what do you think of the UKs herd immunity approach?
Me: *giggles nervously* what?
Journo: their herd immunity approach
Me: that's gotta be a joke
Journo:...
Me:...
Journo:...no
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Science & medical journalism is difficult! Usually a source of amusement but a real problem now.
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Yeah, Sweden tried it ... didn’t work so well.
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Herdimmunity has been a fatalistic approach from the beginning like "We cannot fight it anyway, so let's live with it and hope that it's over soon".
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Unfortunately it's not only journalists proposing natural herd immunity. In Germany virologists like
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Yes :( He does not say it directly, but he is advocating a "relaxed" approach and to "live with it". IMO success in controlling the "first wave" quickly, thus keeping infections and death low has led to the assumptions among many that it's over anyway cc
@Dr2NisreenAlwan
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Herd immunity to covid19 was a bad Idea from the start. Still people are hammering on it.
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