My new piece on herd immunity and why it's still not the solution to the COVID-19 pandemic FYI @MackayIM @BillHanage @SaskiaPopescu @eliowa @aetiologyhttps://medium.com/@gidmk/herd-immunity-for-covid-19-is-still-a-terrible-idea-a7ce15354c43 …
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I did not. In fact, I linked to a study that I co-authored demonstrating the age related IFR for COVID-19 is remarkably high even in middle age
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Yes indeed. 3 in 1,000 for a 50-year old and 13 in 1,000 for a 60-year old is staggering. Dozens of times higher than influenza, for example
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Not at all. The risk at age 40 is also high, and the younger ages is much lower. That's what we have demonstrated
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Not how herd immunity works, and death is not the only outcome to fear. This is all outlined in the piece
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