Thread by @drvyom

Holy fuck. If Vic waited, it would have been game over.

https://twitter.com/dbRaevn/status/1417783766295060484

We must hold it together for 3 months. If, I stress, if, we get the outbreaks around Aus under control, we can't risk another. That's playing russian roulette with 5 full chambers. Bolster quarantine chain. Strategically vaccinate, including contacts of quarantine workers

Currently household members of quarantine workers are eligible - not enough. we must reach out to them, incentivise it. Include their social contacts too. Pay them a grand each. Who the fuck cares? Do you know how much we've spent on submarines that don't submarine very well?

This pandemic, many of us have fought for better infection prevention and control. We've done it in our workplaces. We've counselled our colleagues. We've written to authorities. We've gone to the press. To many, it seemed like overkill. They have been dead wrong.

They've been dead wrong not only because of underestimation of airborne spread, but a total misunderstanding of the utterly asymmetric risk/benefit of upgrading infection prev/control even with uncertainty of the science at various stages of the pandemic.

we now have HIGHLY efficacious vaccines to add to the infection prevention/control mix. Like - holy fuck, what else could you wish for? Tight PPE, ventilation experts giving practical solutions for existing facilities (yes, even in hotels), plus vaccines that reduce transmission.

it is absolutely possible to keep it together for a few months until we get significant vaccine coverage - enough to smash transmission back down to something that is traceable without lockdowns.

Goodnight.