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Absolutely not, there is still strong advice in terms of regular handwashing etc. Rather the government is saying that you have to time strong lock down procedu
by Angostura 7y ago
Absolutely not, there is still strong advice in terms of regular handwashing etc. Rather the government is saying that you have to time strong lock down procedures correctly. They are saying that outdoor gatherings such as you get at football matches don;t present a high risk (as long as you are washing your hands) compared to the risk of catching the disease from family members in doors.
Moreover they argue that demanding a long-term lock (14 weeks for schools, according to their modelling) is problematic if you go too early - they want to time it to be just before the peak. Basically is playing chicken with an unrushing truck, but a game of chicken with a purpose behind it.
The Chief Medical Officer Chris Whittey is an epidemiologist and I've only heard good things about him. I'm willing to take his advice. They government says it will be publishing the models.
- notahacker 7y agoAlso worth noting that in his previous role in DFID Whitty coauthored papers advising the UK government funding isolation centres in Sierra Leone for Ebola, so it's unlikely that he has any particular radical bias against the efficacy of isolation as a disease prevention method.