Science is necessary to good decision-making on COVID-19.
Science isn& #39;t sufficient for good decision-making decision making on COVID-19. To claim it is masks political judgements and choices for which leaders must be held accountable, and so is deeply dangerous. https://twitter.com/socratext/status/1252866197239914496">https://twitter.com/socratext...
Science isn& #39;t sufficient for good decision-making decision making on COVID-19. To claim it is masks political judgements and choices for which leaders must be held accountable, and so is deeply dangerous. https://twitter.com/socratext/status/1252866197239914496">https://twitter.com/socratext...
Science speaks to outcomes: it explains what will happen to the infection if we do particular things (allow gatherings), what we need to do in order achieve particular outcomes (like flattening the infection curve) what will happen if we don& #39;t do certain things (provide PPE).
But first, science is uncertain and there are risks to any approach. It is not a scientific decision as to how to tolerate risk, it is a political decision. So, reopening schools carries some risk of increasing infection. How much risk are we prepared to tolerate - and to whom?