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> you won't find the 'do nothing for herd immunity' as a stategy Sure, I will. Here's the original Imperial College Report 9 to which I am referring: https://
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> you won't find the 'do nothing for herd immunity' as a stategy
Sure, I will. Here's the original Imperial College Report 9 to which I am referring:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/mrc-gida/2020-03-16-COVID19-Report-9.pdf https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/m...
which discusses 'mitigation' and 'suppression' as two possible strategies, in March 2020.
The UK government took this report as an endorsement for 'mitigation', which it discusses in more detail, even though the report says "For countries able to achieve it, this leaves suppression as the preferred policy option."
Mitigation is quoted as meaning "reducing peak healthcare demand while protecting those most at risk of severe disease from infection" - I'll admit I extrapolated this into "do nothing".
There are then plenty of articles discussing this, e.g.: https://henrytapper.com/2020/04/04/suppression-vs-mitigation-whats-this-all-about/ https://henrytapper.com/2020/04/04/suppression-vs-mitigation...