1/ Documents coming out of Netherlands shows they pursued natural herd immunity by stealth, making decisions that would allow infections to spread whilst telling the media their strategy was "maximum control"
Some of this reminds me of the UK
Some of this reminds me of the UK
https://twitter.com/ContainmentNow/status/1387345279377100800?s=19
2/ Correction, they weren't so stealthy
https://twitter.com/ContainmentNow/status/1387483646488190977?s=19
3/ Good thread here from March 2020 comparing Netherlands to UK policy when UK was pursuing herd immunity.
Lots of similarities
Lots of similarities
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Nawar/status/1240274961505419266?s=19
4/ There are concerns that Netherlands are coming out of their locldown with 300/100k cases
Like we did in UK in November, was worse in many areas here and their lockdown was tighter than ours
Like we did in UK in November, was worse in many areas here and their lockdown was tighter than ours
5/ Concerns in Netherlands that talk of return to normality soon will encourage risky behaviour.
Concerns over trials for major events, crowds of 500 in February
Concerns over trials for major events, crowds of 500 in February
6/ Experts worried about the Dutch governments reliance on lateral flow events to open up mass gathering events.
Also lack of tendering process for over a billion euros spent on the tests because "it had to be done quickly"
Also lack of tendering process for over a billion euros spent on the tests because "it had to be done quickly"
7/ The use of language around strategy is familiar.
Still can't help feeling that UK government felt fasted route to herd immunity would be to allow the virus to circulate in schools.
Still can't help feeling that UK government felt fasted route to herd immunity would be to allow the virus to circulate in schools.
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