3/n The essay discusses what the authors call "focused protection", so I think it's worth noting at the outset that the GBD explicitly argues against closures/restrictions of any kind, so that we can build up herd immunitypic.twitter.com/85pTAb1qmV
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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3/n The essay discusses what the authors call "focused protection", so I think it's worth noting at the outset that the GBD explicitly argues against closures/restrictions of any kind, so that we can build up herd immunitypic.twitter.com/85pTAb1qmV
4/n The essay itself is a bit problematic from the start. The authors poison the well with this straw man - it is simply not true that anyone anywhere is advocating for indefinite lockdownspic.twitter.com/AbCwN8Ir9X
And it's simply not true that the cited part suggests anyone does. So where's the strawman apart from your own tweet?
"Is there a middle ground between lockdowns" implies that the lockdowns will continue indefinitely based on the sentences before
No it does not. It implies that there is a middle ground between a lockdown and doing nothing. Which is true. You may not prefer this middle ground, but that's another matter.
I live in Sydney. We have been almost fully open since June. I am perfectly well aware that there is a middle ground, but that is not what the GBD authors are proposing at all unfortunately
That may or may not be true, but when you accuse people of strawman arguments, don't use them yourself. It weakens your point. What they say in the cited text is only that there is a middle ground between hard lockdowns and laissez-faire.
I think the context of the piece, and even those two paragraphs, as well as their many public statements are enough to fairly call this a straw man 
Fine, I think your own opinion about the writers is shinning through too much to be able to objectively counter the article you want to argue. You are putting words in the mouths of the writer and that should not be necessary if they are wrong (which they very well might be)
I mean, the argument in the document is that the pandemic will continue until such a time as we reach herd immunity, and the direct implication is that our intervention must last until this point. It is not at all a stretch, simply the implicit meaning of the statement
This is why I put the GBD text above as context, because it makes the straw man clear. Important also to note that the authors define all intervention by govt as "lockdown" in this text, so the clear logical implication is that such lockdowns are expected indefinitely
Even if no one wants or aim for long lock down it has been/is the reality for many, when they aim for no-spread instead of controlled spread. I am curious what do you think of the lockdown in Melbourne with forceful policing of citziens? Is this ”middle-ground”?
If you are replying to me: I don't have an opinion on lockdowns in other countries, as I don't know all the details. My remark was purely about the strawman argument, nothing else.
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