"#Herdimmunity is ‘a dangerous fallacy unsupported by scientific evidence'."
Thread to summarize new #COVID19 paper by @TheLancet via Professor @AlexWFriedrich1.
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Thread to summarize new #COVID19 paper by @TheLancet via Professor @AlexWFriedrich1.
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https://twitter.com/AlexWFriedrich1/status/1316744570126970888?s=20
#INFECTIVITY / #MORTALITY
"Its high infectivity, combined with the susceptibility of unexposed populations to a NEW virus, creates conditions for rapid community spread."
"The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 is several-fold HIGHER than that of seasonal influenza."
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"Its high infectivity, combined with the susceptibility of unexposed populations to a NEW virus, creates conditions for rapid community spread."
"The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 is several-fold HIGHER than that of seasonal influenza."
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YOUNG PEOPLE / #IMMUNITY
"...infection can lead to persisting illness, including in young, previously healthy people"
"It is unclear how long protective immunity lasts"
"SARS-CoV-2 is capable of re-infecting people who have already had the disease"
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"...infection can lead to persisting illness, including in young, previously healthy people"
"It is unclear how long protective immunity lasts"
"SARS-CoV-2 is capable of re-infecting people who have already had the disease"
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#LOCKDOWNS
"... lockdowns have been disruptive, substantially affecting mental and physical health + the economy"
"effects have often been worse in countries that were NOT able to use time DURING and AFTER lockdown to establish effective pandemic CONTROL SYSTEMS."
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"... lockdowns have been disruptive, substantially affecting mental and physical health + the economy"
"effects have often been worse in countries that were NOT able to use time DURING and AFTER lockdown to establish effective pandemic CONTROL SYSTEMS."
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#TRANSMISSION
"In the absence of adequate provisions to manage the pandemic and its societal impacts, these countries have faced continuing restrictions."
"Uncontrolled transmission in younger people risks significant morbidity and mortality across the whole population."
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"In the absence of adequate provisions to manage the pandemic and its societal impacts, these countries have faced continuing restrictions."
"Uncontrolled transmission in younger people risks significant morbidity and mortality across the whole population."
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#HERDIMMUNITY
"In addition to the human cost, this would impact the workforce as a whole and overwhelm the ability of health-care systems to provide acute and routine care."
"Such a strategy would NOT end the COVID-19 pandemic but result in recurrent epidemics"
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"In addition to the human cost, this would impact the workforce as a whole and overwhelm the ability of health-care systems to provide acute and routine care."
"Such a strategy would NOT end the COVID-19 pandemic but result in recurrent epidemics"
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