One year later, can we put this question to rest now?
Countries (Australia, New Zealand & South Korea) that carried out the elimination strategy (zero COVID) did better economically than those who chose the mitigation or “living with the virus” strategy.
If you stripped away Santa Claus and the flying reindeers, the original Christmas story is much closer to us today than you could imagine if you scratched under the surface a little. (You don’t have to even believe it but just let the story, like any story, wash over you.) 1/
It was a time of geo-political unrest. The “king” was quite an icon. Historians have written about some horrible narcissistic character that was indicative of a poor leader somehow unfit to lead that region. I may be wrong. 2/
A big population census was being undertaken and people had to travel to their home towns. There was significant migratory human movement. In that context, a young peasant couple from a Jewish community had to travel to their country town. 3/
Many people are already infected and carrying the virus now, but they are not displaying any symptoms. Some will show very mild symptoms only.
You may be lucky. But you may pass on the virus to someone who might die.
Let’s protect each other.
The reason why this virus is difficult to control is that by the time you display symptoms, you would have passed on the virus to many people.
So please restrict people contact the next few weeks. You’re protecting yourself and others that way.
Contact tracing is one part of the big game. Do everything else too:
Masks. Hand wash. Social distancing. Stay home. Limit movements. Limit people contact to essentials. PPE for HCW. Ventilate ventilate ventilate. (Consider it an airborne disease even if some still deny it).