This is just wrong. Test-and-Trace + masks + distancing can suppress coronavirus and allow a partial return to normality until we get treatment/vaccine (which is likely, and not a "miracle"). Talk of "going for herd immunity" is just as bad now as it was in the UK 2 months ago. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1253677705205334017 …
-
-
Honestly, this might be because "herd immunity" is now associated in people's mind with insane slash-and-burn. There is a real consideration of what we are risking if we try to fully suppress, but then if we can't and then get hit in Fall versus the controlled opening in summer.
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
What is the new information here? If you want to argue spike in fall is worse due to say hospital overload then make that argument but it doesn't appear here. Periodic suppression is unlikely to be correct as tradeoff curve is likely convex.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
It’s plausible our treatment/detection toolkits will be significantly improved by Fall. So it’s debatable whether or not a slow burn in the summer (with its lives lost and permanent organ damage,) is preferably to a Fall spike in cases when we may be able to improve outcomes.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.