Thread by @StillDelvingH

#BreakingNews
There is *no guarantee* immunity can last (&no idea how long), so antibody tests are *not* a priority
Right now all efforts should be on boosting swab testing capacity&accuracy to know who is sick
&ITM spend useless tests money on UBI instead
theguardian.com/society/2020/a…

I am tired of policies built on assumptions (do you hear me @matthancock?)
They must be based on *facts*
Fact 1: We know nothing. It'll take weeks if not months. ITM let's stop considering bets like "herd immunity" or "get back to normal" could be a valid option. Not a given.

Fact 2: What we can do is slow down the virus spread as much as possible, as the less people dead, the better. (Now that should be a given)
The tests needed here are swab tests. Knowing that 1 is generally not enough. That virus hides well. Focus on that. Test/track/isolate/treat

Fact 3: The virus will hurt the economy badly.
Let's stop pretending somehow it could not.
Let's stop saying ignoring the virus will make it go away or make everything better.
Let's talk UBI, a worldwide fund to avoid disruption everywhere.
Concrete, actual solutions.

Today Wuhan got unlocked.
What happens there -that will give us (filtered) information about what kind of immunity can be expected. Europe partial unlocking will also give us information.
We can't guess the data we don't have yet.
ITM bin the assumptions & work on what we do know