What if?
When I wrote this thread we had 5 million COVID cases in the US. Since then: 23 million more.
150,000 deaths then.
350,000 more since.
Had we greatly expanded vaccine access then, in retrospect, how many lives could we have saved? @StevenSalzberg1 @DrEricDing
When I wrote this thread we had 5 million COVID cases in the US. Since then: 23 million more.
150,000 deaths then.
350,000 more since.
Had we greatly expanded vaccine access then, in retrospect, how many lives could we have saved? @StevenSalzberg1 @DrEricDing
https://twitter.com/VincentRK/status/1290033849515180034
Some who supported the idea had t take down their posts due to the pushback. I didn't. Because I felt comfortable this was a good discussion on risk benefit to have. So I let it stand.
The reason I post this is for experts not to be too sure, and hide under "follow the science"
The reason I post this is for experts not to be too sure, and hide under "follow the science"
COVID has surprised us many times and will continue to surprise us.
There are many unknowns about the science of the immune system.
Better to have healthy debate. Whether it's on expanded use of vaccines or delaying time between shots or adding boosters. Don't silence people.
There are many unknowns about the science of the immune system.
Better to have healthy debate. Whether it's on expanded use of vaccines or delaying time between shots or adding boosters. Don't silence people.
Already we are giving vaccines to people who haven't been studied in the randomized trials. That's a good risk benefit judgment call. Similar calls will continue to be made.
What is needed in these discussions at national policy level is breadth of expertise, and a wide spectrum of critical thinkers from all fields.
And people who are good at making the right risk benefit judgment calls.
And people who are good at making the right risk benefit judgment calls.
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