In my view lockdowns absolutely were needed in the beginning.
We weren’t ready.
People think that getting ready means vaccinate & that is partly the solution. We should have also been spending the last 18 months teaching people how to wear respirators, and cleaning the air.
We weren’t ready.
People think that getting ready means vaccinate & that is partly the solution. We should have also been spending the last 18 months teaching people how to wear respirators, and cleaning the air.
https://twitter.com/toshiakima/status/1449615105566461953
Lockdowns still have a place in disease management… in countries that don’t have access to vaccines, in case of a resistant variant, and early in an outbreak to try and get ahead of the curve… but they are a very blunt instrument. Severe side effects.
The side effects of lockdown in an unvaccinated population are small compared to not locking down though.
But… if we have continuous settings that work to suppress disease transmission. Like ventilation and respirators… even early outbreaks may not propagate as well. ->
But… if we have continuous settings that work to suppress disease transmission. Like ventilation and respirators… even early outbreaks may not propagate as well. ->
This gives TTI a much better chance of working.
I absolutely agree that transmission science based interventions should be in place at all times, until the global threat of COVID-19 is reduced. It’s much more tolerable than trying to manage without.
I absolutely agree that transmission science based interventions should be in place at all times, until the global threat of COVID-19 is reduced. It’s much more tolerable than trying to manage without.
I said at the beginning of the NSW outbreak… “I bet we will have curfews before we have community respirators”… and sadly that’s exactly what we did have.
The curfews may have helped, but the respirators really could have been tried out. So effective. So simple.
The curfews may have helped, but the respirators really could have been tried out. So effective. So simple.
In our extended family, we have lost 10 people to the coronavirus itself &one elderly person died alone, not visited for 2 months, due to an interminable lockdown.
I strongly believe the lockdown was necessary, but I do wonder if science could have been used to make it shorter.
I strongly believe the lockdown was necessary, but I do wonder if science could have been used to make it shorter.
Cleaning the air, wearing respirators or better fitting masks together with vaccines is the way forward. These measures will stabilise society, aid recovery, return freedoms, and make everyone feel like they are working together, to a real solution.
If the government would oblige by keeping TTI, that would also be very helpful. Many governments are scaling this back however, so if you find yourself out on your own… vaccination, ventilation, HEPA, and respirators are the way forward.
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