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Pretty much my thinking. There’s no evidence that herd immunity will work for this particular virus, but we do know that the strategy used in China appears to have worked so far.
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This thread was good - best explanation I've seen of the govt plan (assumed)
https://mobile.twitter.com/iandonald_psych/status/1238518395634679808
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I see what you're saying.
However, it also seems strange to me that you're going to get rid of this by lockdown. I can see that will delay it but at some point in the future the lockdown has to end and I can't see that it will be completely eradicated so will flare up again.
If there's a vaccine on the horizon then I understand the lockdown. If not, then how long can it realistically go on for?
I guess it's potentially about limiting the peak, smoothing the number infected so that the hospitals can cope. The question then is whether that lower peak is still higher than the capacity or not.
I've no real idea but I'm not sure if I buy the our leaders are the worst in the world kind of thinking.
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This thread moves faster than CV, so maybe this has been covered but...
How many others feel maybe slightly consumed by dread; in the knowledge that the countries around us are closing schools, banning social gatherings, stopping flights, declaring national emergencies and locking down. While little Brexit Britain is blathering on about herd immunity.
We’re now only testing those that are hospitalised - even though the WHO director general has today advised Europe:
Why are we the outlier here? What does our government know; that every other government also trying to minimise the impact of Coronavirus doesn't? Both methods cannot be correct and from what I can see, we're the only country that has taken this path.
Could it have anything to do with the fact we’re run by a bunch of old Etonians and:
We're all used to seeing a Conservative government’s disregard for its citizens and I know we’re meant to plod along to the tune of the national anthem while repeating the mantra “Keep calm and carry on”, but relying solely on the diligence of us all to sing happy birthday twice while we wash our hands and self isolate if we feel like it, well, it doesn't seem to fit the urgency of a global fucking pandemic.
Right?!