Thread by @drclairetaylor

Does any country have a plan for worst case scenario SARS-CoV-2?
By that I mean a recombinant variant as transmissible as omicron and as nasty as delta ( or worse).
Perhaps one that can evade immunity& be worse in children with robust immune systems (=cytokine storms)?

Why is no one talking about this?
We would likely not have time to adjust vaccines.
Its now so transmissible it could be around the world in a week and doubling rapidly.
We seem so willing to risk this gamble.
Current state of affairs in UK. Look at all these ‘subvariants’

It’s never nice to think of worst case scenarios.
Likewise it’s good to try and prevent them and plan ahead.
Maybe they don’t happen- maybe you get best case scenario of mild illness infrequently.

I just cannot get on board with what appears to be a mass loss of our senses.
Deciding we are all living with Covid. We won’t let it affect our lives any more.
But viruses mutate
There seems to be people getting a lot of ‘flu’ these days.
Like flu several times a year is ok.

I’ve had flu once in my life.
I didn’t fancy a repeat 2 months later.
But people seem ok with Covid (‘flu’) every couple of months.

Someone tell me that a) they know for a fact that the worst case scenario can never happen and
B) there is a plan if it does
@WHO

And yes I know that mentioning children can be upsetting, but that’s life. They did not fare well with Spanish flu. So there is zero reassurance that a variant would not arise worse in them. Countries need to plan for this sort of scenario.