Dr @peterdrobac of @UniofOxford on #PoliticsLive “the evidence that we have, both historically from influenza pandemics & also from our experience with this Coronavirus looking at countries who have been successful in Asia: the most effective way to flatten the peak is...1/5
..is to take early and decisive action through combinations of widespread testing and social distancing measures such as closures of large gatherings and having folks work from home etc, and we’ve seen that be successful in South Korea, in Taiwan, in Singapore, in...2/5
..a number of countries. And so the question here is whether the government’s response is enough. There’s not been another country that’s delayed taking action and been successful in flattening that peak.
..Italy right now doctors are having to make really horrible decisions 3/5
..Italy right now doctors are having to make really horrible decisions 3/5
...rationing ventilators and choosing which of two critically ill patients is likely to survive and giving them a shot. Obviously it’s a tragic situation. And they waited too long to respond and I think we really have to question here the wisdom of believing that we can time 4/5
...social distancing interventions just right to blunt the peak. You know, the UK is really out on a limb here and they’re taking an approach which really puts them alone in the world and I think it’s a gamble”.
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