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 …
I'm not saying agree with what I'm saying (well, not what I'm saying, but okay). But it is not something that can be discussed in "who wants to kill grandma" quote-tweeting. The discussion is about how to lower the risk of mass deaths; not letting mass deaths get us through.
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"Natural herd immunity", which you suggest at one point in your thread, does involve killing many people's grandmas unnecessarily! And it's not what epidemiologists are suggesting.
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I think what she’s saying is that the vaccine can come in a year or in 5 or never. We can’t wait in lockdown. Eventually we have to head *towards* herd immunity, though hopefully slowly enough we never get there. But worst case with no vaccine...
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Question: is it possible to get to herd immunity while protecting the most vulnerable groups (old and newborns)? People over 1 and under 50 account for about 1% of deaths (but more than 60% of the population, I think). Note: I'm *not* saying that would necessarily be acceptable.
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