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The problem with not getting it over with is that the next wave is at extreme risk of colliding with the peak of the next flu season, which is a really great wa
by makomk 7y ago
The problem with not getting it over with is that the next wave is at extreme risk of colliding with the peak of the next flu season, which is a really great way of overloading your medical system and causing a bunch of deaths. This is something that's getting a bit of attention in the US now, but (of course) the UK government spotted it fairly early on and was pressured into ignoring it by our idiot press who think that paying attention to anything other countries aren't is a delusion of "British exceptionalism" that needs to be squashed.
- jhelphenstine 7y agoWhere can I read more about early identification of this risk by the UK govt?
- Marsymars 7y agoI don't think it's a given that there'll be a next flu season. In my jurisdiction, I calculated that we've reduced the incidence of cold/flu symptoms by about an order of magnitude with social distancing measures. (Based on normal incidence of cold/flu symptoms, and rate of covid-19 testing which is open to anyone with cold/flu symptoms.) Note also that the herculean effort to reduce all other cold/flu viruses by an order of magnitude only reduced R of covid-19 to around 1.