Thread by @atatimelikethis

I checked back, apparently, I've been saying the same thing since March and hoping for a different result. My friends tell me it's not the usual problem, merely my state of being.

So this time really clear.

ASIA HAS ALL THE ANSWERS ON LOCKDOWN, DON'T COMPOUND OUR ERRORS

There are 3 reasons for looking carefully at the UC type.

1. We're about to succumb to the "wisdom" that lockdown is in opposition to the economy.
It's not - the economy and the virus are neutral, our choice is lockdown or have many more deaths if we're not prepared.

2. It's laid out, no need to bet. The thread below lists all examples from Asia.

If we break quarantine without these, what defences have we built since March? Amazingly I hear politicians saying there are none, we must "bite the bullet". OK. Who next after we kill the old?

3. The strategy Asia has very successfully pursued is called "suppression". This isn't well understood or there'd be more outcry.

Suppression is quarantine to get Ro low then mass testing and tracing of everyone. Somehow we did the first bit, yet we're vacillating on the second.

UKGov is claiming suppression but ending it before tracing and testing are ready. Not only do we waste that massive cost of lockdown, but we leave ourself with no alternative*.
Yet Gove makes that argument.
Let's learn instead - Asia
*see pinned KidsTaps

https://twitter.com/atatimelikethis/status/1248669563849527296?s=20

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