Contact tracing, testing and isolation is important against many infectious disease outbreaks, such as Ebola and post-vaccine measles. It is ineffective, naïve and counter-productive against COVID19, influenza, pre-vaccine measles, etc, and by definition, against any pandemic.
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I’d like to remind you about the large region in Asia in red. 23% of the world’s population, nearly 2 billion people, and they have far fewer cases than a tiny country like the UK. Their economies are doing better, too. Why? Contact tracing, testing and isolation.pic.twitter.com/fs9TTyQnUG
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So you admit lockdowns work to postpone infections to a time when the death rate is lower thanks to improved treatments? Wow, you're starting to come over to team reality! Welcome. :)
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"Improved treatments" is pure fairy tale.
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They have fewer deaths, better GDP growth and less disruption to their lives than us in Europe. If you think the sky will fall on their heads one day, then when? And how? Yes Europe may have a bit more immunity since more people were infected, but that doesn’t seem to help us.
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Looking at the death rates we seem to be doing ok
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NZ (and Oz) have chosen to delay the epidemic in the hope a vaccine becomes available that will reduce its inevitable impact. But they are paying a massive price economically and socially
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Do you think partial cross-immunity due to more exposure to other coronaviruses could be a factor in Asia?
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Taiwan never locked down.
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