A short (I hope) thread about countermeasures
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As the world's view of the
#COVID19 spread turns from containable outbreak to pandemic, the clear next question is what countermeasures can be used. Categorizing these can be helpful.11 replies 90 retweets 129 likesShow this thread -
1. Temporary vs. long-term/permanent. Most things we can do to slow the virus's spread -- isolation, quarantine, social distancing, canceling public gatherings, treating cases with antivirals if these are proven -- are temporary -- once let up, transmission can resurge.
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On the other hand, vaccines if and when they become available could be a long-term solution. I hesitate to say permanent because we don't know what duration of immunity will be if vaccines are feasible at all. Can't know until we try. Immunity from natural CoV infection seems
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to be relatively short-lived. But maybe vaccines can do better. So one category (long-term) is vaccines; the other is everything else.
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Options:
1. Quarantine, de-quarantine, virus spreads again, quarantine, etc. until we find a vaccine
2. Quarantine for a longggggggg time until we find a vaccine
3. Give up and let #COVID19 do its thing
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