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Herd Immunity Thread.
Herd Immunity *was* part of government policy
Herd Immunity was *against* WHO advice and many of the subsequent deaths were predictable.
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Herd Immunity *was* part of government policy
Herd Immunity was *against* WHO advice and many of the subsequent deaths were predictable.
Feel free to contribute links, articles, or videos.
#HerdImmunity #COVID19
1/ 13/03/20: Sir Patrick Vallance (UK Chief Scientific Adviser, SAGE member):
"Our aim is to try and reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not suppress it completely; also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity"
"Our aim is to try and reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not suppress it completely; also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity"
2/ 11/03/20: Dr. David Halpern (Chief Executive Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team, SAGE Member):
"You'll want to cocoon...those at-risk groups so that they basically don't catch the disease and by the time they come out of their cocooning, herd immunity's been achieved"
"You'll want to cocoon...those at-risk groups so that they basically don't catch the disease and by the time they come out of their cocooning, herd immunity's been achieved"
3/ 13/03/20 Dr. John Edmunds (Professor of Disease Modelling LSHTM, SAGE member):
"The only way to stop this epidemic is indeed to achieve herd immunity"
"The only way to stop this epidemic is indeed to achieve herd immunity"
4/ 11/03/20: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO Director-General):
"We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction"
"We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction"
5/ 13/03/20: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO Director-General):
"Do not just let this fire burn"
"Do not just let this fire burn"
6/ 13/03/20: Dr. Michael Ryan (WHO Executive Director)
"The virus will always get you if you don't act quickly...perfection is the enemy of the good"
"The virus will always get you if you don't act quickly...perfection is the enemy of the good"
7/ 12/03/20: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO Director-General):
"The idea that countries should shift from containment to mitigation is wrong and dangerous" https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1238110211291975681?s=20
"The idea that countries should shift from containment to mitigation is wrong and dangerous" https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1238110211291975681?s=20
