One concept that doesn’t seem to have fully caught on in dialogue— we don’t need to get any single intervention to work 100% effectively, nor is that an achievable goal.
Even if we got every layer of prevention to work 25% better, could still get R<1 and keep it there
Even if we got every layer of prevention to work 25% better, could still get R<1 and keep it there
2/ What won’t work is doing a whole bunch of different things half-ass w/ none of them really working.
3/ Why I’m bringing this up: as people criticize idea of getting the administration to ship us better masks (ex “not everyone wears masks”)— we don’t need *everyone* to wear masks to stop the epidemic. We do need more people to have access to better PPE along w/ everything else
4/ If every single person wore a hi-fi mask every day during every single encounter (100% efficacy), epidemic would be over *in weeks*.
That’s not going to happen. But using the fact that this won’t happen as a reason to not pursue a better masks strategy is silly.
That’s not going to happen. But using the fact that this won’t happen as a reason to not pursue a better masks strategy is silly.
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