It is absolutely stunning to observe how the scientific community has reacted to the public health aspects of the pandemic. When the fog clears, one of the consequences of the pandemic will be public distrust in science and scientists.
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I know of no 'scientists' who would entertain or suggest a herd-immunity approach for a coronavirus such as Covid-19. Only with an effective vaccine would that be an acceptable goal. The herd-immunity debacle was rooted in political-ideology which saw high mortality 'acceptable'
All approaches lead to #HerdImmunity. High mortality is avoided by protecting high-risk elderly until a vaccine or young low-risk individuals generate herd immunity. Many infectious disease outbreak scientists favor such a strategy, myself included.https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/29/delaying-herd-immunity-is-costing-lives/ …
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Scientists with more training in economics tend to make better decisions on these topics. Scientists with vociferous opinions and little training in economics are dangerous.
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Clinicians are primarily concerned with the health and well-being of patients requiring attention and intervention. Though they are too ‘scientists’, considerations of nation-wide mortality and population level infection control are not the principle concern
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But in the UK we’re not protecting vulnerable groups - the elderly or those with conditions that increase risk (hypertension/CVD are principle risk factors and diabetes etc). Those shielding have been informed they no longer need to. Many people have no income or means to isolate
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So which real-existing county managed to protect the vulnerable without severe restrictions? It seems that the Swedish plan had good intentions but unfortunately
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Sweden absolutely worked. They had far fewer deaths per capita and they are already fully open.
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