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>“We don’t have a clear exit strategy,” Dr. Ferguson said of the recommended measures. “We’re going to have to suppress this virus — frankly, indefinitely — unt
by Merrill 7y ago
>“We don’t have a clear exit strategy,” Dr. Ferguson said of the recommended measures. “We’re going to have to suppress this virus — frankly, indefinitely — until we have a vaccine.”
This seems to dismiss the possibility that drugs such as Chloroquine or Kaletra could significantly reduce the need for hospitalization and/or respiratory support.
Vaccines are unlikely to be ready before the epidemic burns itself out, so therapeutic antiviral drugs would seem to be the only hope besides social distancing.
- threatofrain 7y agoIt's also reasonable to think about the scenario where mutations are fast enough to compromise any vaccine or herd immunity strategy.