This is the key difference between trying to protect a health system, and trying to protect people.
The UK are attempting to burn the fields before fire season.
But these are people… children… We know only enough about the disease to cause worry…
and there is a vaccine.
The UK are attempting to burn the fields before fire season.
But these are people… children… We know only enough about the disease to cause worry…
and there is a vaccine.
https://twitter.com/orla_hegarty/status/1443993562383896578
All I have to say to this incredibly monstrous strategy is… the UK is actually just making more straw to burn.
A significantly weakened herd will be fighting the flu/rsv/rhinovirus etc this year.
A significantly weakened herd will be fighting the flu/rsv/rhinovirus etc this year.
Why would you try to protect a health system, instead of protecting people when you could do both by keeping case numbers low and incentivising vaccination?
Greed, expedience, popularity contest.
Greed, expedience, popularity contest.
We know that kids don’t necessarily mount antibody responses. We know infection does not give durable immunity…
and what if a new variant comes along just in time for winter and infects everyone again?
and what if a new variant comes along just in time for winter and infects everyone again?
It’s literally like watching the Manaus situation again. I hope it doesn’t end in tears, but if it does, it was entirely foreseeable.
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