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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 Sep 2020

    Modest proposal: before using the term "herd immunity" as a policy option people should practice what they preach and first infect themselves and family members with COVID-19

    11:06 PM - 2 Sep 2020
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      2. Dr KayRay‏ @ktibus 2 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Herd immunity: 1) a strategy via vaccination where nobody is required to get sick 2) or let people get the disease so that they become immune to a disease that they have to get in order to be immune to it...bonus natural selection too with option 2.

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      1. Frederik Meynen‏ @FMeynen 2 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        They should choose a family member to sacrifice.

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      2. David Vu‏ @david_t_vu 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Should really call it the Inoculation strategy - which totally worked for smallpox amirite?

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      3. Elias Hasle‏ @EliasHasle 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @david_t_vu @GidMK

        It seems they had some "success" inoculating people with what could be small doses of milder (though still dangerous) strains, with viruses sometimes weakened by additives or storage. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation … A bit similar to vaccination, but less standardized and more hazardous.

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      1. daveminyo‏ @daveminyo 3 Sep 2020
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        You'd have a hard time getting infected in the UK now...

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      1. Josiah Grindrod‏ @JT_Grindrod 3 Sep 2020
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        As long as they also waive medical care and isolate during the course of the illness so no one else has to be hurt by their stupidity.

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      1. Jacob Gudiol‏Verified account @JacobGudiol 3 Sep 2020
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        Like Putin did with his daughter and the vaccine 😉😂

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      1. Echidna‏ @monotreme93 3 Sep 2020
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        The effectiveness depends on people who are highest spreaders getting it first, so this proposal makes no sense.

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      2. Tim Bell‏ @timpoliti 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        In the spirit of “a modest proposal”, that prompts a question: While we know that COVID-19 often affects the sense of taste, does it affect actual taste?

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      3. LIndenArden‏ @inden_l 3 Sep 2020
        Replying to @timpoliti @GidMK

        Should get a Swift answer.

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