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That seems to be what England is planning on doing. https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/1238395750360461312 https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/123839575036046

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  That sounds like a fascinatingly terrifying balancing act.
  • malandrew 7y ago
    Even without it, we're doing a terrifying balancing act with the economy. We want a V-shaped recovery and the best way to achieve that is the swiftest resolution to pandemic. A U-shaped recovery would be bad for a lot of people, especially if prolonged. Last thing we want is an L-shaped market with no real recovery.
• malandrew 7y ago
  Great find. Going to read up more on Patrick Vallance's plan. This was an interesting point from a Guardian article where he defends the plan: “If you suppress something very, very hard, when you release those measures it bounces back and it bounces back at the wrong time,” he said. The government is concerned that if not enough people catch the virus now, it will re-emerge in the winter, when the NHS is already overstretched. [0] [0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-science-chief-defends-uk-measures-criticism-herd-immunity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-sc...
• DanBC 7y ago
  But see this thread for some discussion of the risks of the strategy: https://twitter.com/iandonald_psych/status/1238518371651649538?s=20 https://twitter.com/iandonald_psych/status/12385183716516495...
  • christoph 7y ago
    Thanks for posting this. I was initially very negative about the UK strategy yesterday, but on reflection today I think they may have a very sensible long term approach to the situation, although highly risky to balance correctly.