1/ Over the past two years, we have discovered therapeutics that work for #covid19 such as Remdesivir; later we figured out the optimal time to use them. Months from now, we will have even more data & meds to use.
Delaying infections does have a benefit
Delaying infections does have a benefit
2/ Over the past two years, we have discovered that #covid19 has effects on the body that are significant, even if they don’t kill you. The virus affects the heart, brain, vascular system & more. The costs become clearer over time.
Delaying infections makes those costs clearer
Delaying infections makes those costs clearer
3/ When big waves of infection come down, the chance of getting infected during any given activity also goes down. We have certain measures— such as high filtration masks— which, if used right, can protect you through a wave. There are many who haven’t been infected.
4/ Essentially, getting infected need not be a guarantee, at least in the short run.
And delaying getting infected has many benefits, namely that we will have more biomedical advances, & the costs of infection on our health will also become more clear with time.
And delaying getting infected has many benefits, namely that we will have more biomedical advances, & the costs of infection on our health will also become more clear with time.
5/ None of these ideas should be controversial. Nor need they lead to judgment on people who have gotten infected, nor those who have given up on mitigation bc their governments & other pundits said to do so. As a doctor, of course I will bring forward a cautious view on health
6/ There are others who bring forward a more cautious view on the effects of #covid19 mitigation measures more generally, which also have had costs in their own ways. We are dealing with trade offs. But the costs of covid will become less over time for reasons mentioned above
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