Paul Graham on Twitter: ""The UK should not be trying to create herd immunity, that will take care of itself. Policy should be directed at slowing the outbreak to a (more) manageable rate. What this looks like is strong social distancing." https://t.co/HygrI6lJwM"

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1. Charles Curran‏ @charliebcurran 16 Mar 2020
  Replying to @paulg
  
  Your government intentionally encouraging your viral infection as a citizen while the rest of the world goes the other way is dystopian/unsettling on a whole different level.
  
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1. saw‏ @sawheatguy 16 Mar 2020
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  Govt could put a lot of young people in a dorm, infect them all and isolate them for 2 weeks. Then you have people not able to carry virus any more. Hire them for nursing homes.
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1. Khari‏Verified account @YoBigBrotha 16 Mar 2020
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  A good read. “This is not a tornado, it’s a hurricane”... makes you wonder how tech can help limit the spread. Like what kind of location/proximity based methods can be used to give folks “gentle reminders” when they are in crowded areas for prolonged periods
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1. Philipp von Hammerstein‏ @PhilippvH 16 Mar 2020
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  I agree but there is a huge problem: UK has way too few intensive care beds.pic.twitter.com/DYCfDxiZXs
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1. Zimu‏ @ZimuZhang 16 Mar 2020
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  If we ignore what UK says and just look at what it does, this "herd immunity" strategy requires it to change basically nothing. Rather than saying the UK "chooses" to go this route, it's more like it picked a strategy that matches it's ability of action.
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1. Elim Ezekiel Abach‏ @AbachElim 16 Mar 2020
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  This is global perdemic not uk on problem
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1. Philosofairy‏ @Philosofairy1 16 Mar 2020
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  Philosofairy Retweeted Alex Wickham
  
  UK govt now say they've have only reaslied "in the last few days" their herd immunity strategy won't work and will overwhelm ICUs.https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1239655710872518663 …
  
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  Alex WickhamVerified account @alexwickham
  
  NEW: The UK only realised "in the last few days" that attempts to "mitigate" the coronavirus pandemic would not work, and that it needed to shift to a strategy to "suppress", according to a report by a team of experts who have been advising the government https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-uk-strategy-deaths …
  
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