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This "herd immunity" strategy is just a sophisticated form of denial. UK announced it on Thursday and abandoned it the following Monday. It doesn't take into a
by mantap 7y ago
This "herd immunity" strategy is just a sophisticated form of denial. UK announced it on Thursday and abandoned it the following Monday.
It doesn't take into account the high hospitalisation rate and the fact that mortality is a function of hospital stress.
- wartijn_ 7y agoThe Dutch government isn't in denial though. Cafes, restaurants, schools universities and day cares are closed. Large gatherings are forbidden and people are encouraged to work from home and be sensible about having contact with other people. According to the PM, the chosen strategy should prevent both a super high hospitalization rate and a lengthy lock-down of the entire country.
- Pecs 7y agoThey are closed because members of the public wanted them to be closed. If you look at this https://www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2020/03/tijdlijn-coronacrisis-in-tweets-rivm-743404/ https://www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2020/0... you'll see a pattern of denial.
- desertedisland 7y agoYou simplify too much. Hospitalisation rate (and in particular admission to ICU) + mortality rate are strongly dependendent on age and health - no children have yet died of Coronavirus. The Italians have one of the most elderly populations in the world; in the UK all of the deaths have involved people who are elderly and / or infirm. You seem to think the simple answer is blanket lockdown + quarantine. This can only delay (not stop) infection. And how long do you think your lockdown is sustainable when millions of people are going to be thrown out of work / unable to pay their bills and entire economies go into meltdown? Two months? Three at the most? What happens after that?