Re:Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal disparity in...
by dijksterhuis on Friday March 13, 2020 @09:43AM
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> "Our aim is to try and reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not suppress it completely," he said.
> "Also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease and we reduce the transmission.”
They’re not acting only when the peak hits. They’re staging the response.
More serious measures come in as the number of transmission go up. And that’s all about managing the resources of the NHS over a long period of time.
Introduce lockdown now, sure, you delay the peak. But you don’t spread it out over a longer time period. People will stop caring and start ignoring advice.
> "Also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease and we reduce the transmission.”
They’re not acting only when the peak hits. They’re staging the response.
More serious measures come in as the number of transmission go up. And that’s all about managing the resources of the NHS over a long period of time.
Introduce lockdown now, sure, you delay the peak. But you don’t spread it out over a longer time period. People will stop caring and start ignoring advice.
The timing is critical.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51865915