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SAGE have now put out a statement, highlighting that segmentation (trying to reach #herdimmunity by letting the virus rip through a population) is not a good idea.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/928740/S0810_Summary_of_SAGE_advice_on_segmentation.pdf
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/928740/S0810_Summary_of_SAGE_advice_on_segmentation.pdf
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This follows on from many other expert groups saying the same. And there has been suggestions that scientists are divided on this topic.
Individually and collectively, they/we're really not... here's a few more examples...
Individually and collectively, they/we're really not... here's a few more examples...
The WHO, who called the idea ‘scientifically problematic and unethical’. https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19
there are of course the thousands of individuals on the John Snow Memorandum (if you're able to and haven't yet signed it, then please do so!)
https://www.johnsnowmemo.com/
https://www.johnsnowmemo.com/
Independent SAGE have a report here - https://www.independentsage.org/a-deliberate-population-immunity-strategy-before-a-vaccine-why-it-wouldnt-work-and-why-it-shouldnt-be-tried/
Academy of Medical Sciences over here - https://acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/navigating-covid-19-through-the-volume-of-competing-voices
Over in the USA, there's the Infectious Disease Society of America - https://www.idsociety.org/news--publications-new/articles/2020/herd-immunity-is-not-an-answer-to-a-pandemic
And there's Dr Anthony Fauci of course - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/15/dr-fauci-says-letting-the-coronavirus-spread-to-achieve-herd-immunity-is-nonsense-and-dangerous.html
And numerous research and public health groups here - https://www.tfah.org/article/15-public-health-organizations-condemn-herd-immunity-scheme/
More groups here - https://www.johnsnowmemo.com/endorsements.html
More groups here - https://www.johnsnowmemo.com/endorsements.html
Those proposing herd immunity are very much outliers on a graph of expert opinion
(and incidentally those outliers also are backed by murky money coming straight out of Trumps America https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/09/climate-science-denial-network-behind-great-barrington-declaration/)
(and incidentally those outliers also are backed by murky money coming straight out of Trumps America https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/09/climate-science-denial-network-behind-great-barrington-declaration/)
Whilst outliers are interesting to report on, and interesting to wonder why they are in the far-right corner of the graph, they're ultimately no use for policy and practice, since outliers are very unlikely to be right...
... particularly when everyone else who knows a thing or two about this area has pointed out the flaws in the plan.
Wrongness aplenty (with no justification) in the Great Barrington Declaration
Wrongness aplenty (with no justification) in the Great Barrington Declaration
And seamlessly, on that note, here's a Huffington Post article of how to be not right, but loud
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/journalists-scientists-covid-19_uk_5f8e9458c5b66ee9a5f30d35
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https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/journalists-scientists-covid-19_uk_5f8e9458c5b66ee9a5f30d35
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