The UK's strategy appears to be allowing the virus to spread so that people will become immune to it. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/herd-immunity-uk-coronavirus-robert-peston …pic.twitter.com/9IpZUzWjbw
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The UK's strategy appears to be allowing the virus to spread so that people will become immune to it. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/herd-immunity-uk-coronavirus-robert-peston …pic.twitter.com/9IpZUzWjbw
#funfact SARS caused permanent lung scarring in 25% of survivors that resulted in permanent lung function reduction and functional impairment
if COVID-19 causes half that it would still mean ⅛ Britons sick will be crippled for life.
I think two really ugly things happened here. One, China listed cases of pneumonia that ended up in the ER as "mild" as long as the pt didn't require oxygen, masking the seriousness of "mild" infection. Two, Trump gagged the CDC and made them pretend not to be gagged
A lot of other governments looked to the US CDC when they should have been looking to the Chinese CDC. It will be a fatal mistake for many of their parliamentarians and cabinet members
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