Thoughts on this @zeynep? If total population seroconversion will end the pandemic because the danger is the novelty, then shouldn’t a seroprevalence of >98% for everyone over 16 and lots of “hybrid immunity” from rampant delta transmission have ended the pandemic in the UK?https://twitter.com/Gab_H_R/status/1468645767262916608 …
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I did see the section on antigenic evolution. But it says that infections from changed viruses rarely cause harm due to prior immunity (meaning we would not expect to need restrictions to protect people). And this final paragraph says pandemic ends once we all acquire immunitypic.twitter.com/Rfa9jAYlc2
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I didn’t see anything that said it ends once we all have repeated exposures. I’ll grant the article wasn’t explicitly promising an end at a defined seroprevalence point or time and that the argument was more complex than that.
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People asked to work from home and face masks to be worn in more places, as part of Plan B restrictions for England announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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