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We are waking up to truth: we need to shut down. We can do this sensibly. Keep schools, childcare, universities, shopping, ?barber shops, other areas open - ONLY with rigorous safety measures & modification. Reduce travel, risky indoor gatherings. Great example from Ireland. 7/14
Like oh-so-much-too-much in our society, Covid hurts the most vulnerable most. Rates vastly higher in American Indian, Latinx, Black/African American people. The virus doesn’t stay in any group - we’re all connected. The more safe we all are, the more safe we all will be. 8/14
Punch 1: Knock the virus down with strategic closures. We’ll do that sooner or later. But we need to vastly up our game with Punch 2: Reduce the time from infectivity to isolation. Paid sick leave for all. Rapid testing, rapid isolation - reduce infectious burden. 9/14
Stunningly study. Very high attack rate among children in families with Covid: 77%! https://bit.ly/3k0pdr6
Other studies find lower rates, but bottom line: not helping Covid patients relocate during maximum infectivity extends explosive spread by weeks or months. 10/14
Other studies find lower rates, but bottom line: not helping Covid patients relocate during maximum infectivity extends explosive spread by weeks or months. 10/14
We must discover more. How to not leave infectious people at home. https://bit.ly/3mSeKzM How to best use tens of millions of antigen tests being sent out. Validity? Utility? How to scale production of N95 (including safely reusable) and surgical masks? 11/14
Important: Success is possible. It takes rigor, discipline, patience, and working together. Good article in today's @CDCMMWR showing impact of closures, masks. Not as fast as we'd like, but it works. https://bit.ly/3p1oGsB 12/14
Covid fatigue is understandable. We all feel it. Excellent report from WHO EURO:
* Understand and empathize
* Engage communities to find solutions
* Reduce restrictions but protect lives
* Be transparent, consistent, predictable, and fair.
https://bit.ly/38r3y9c
13/14
* Understand and empathize
* Engage communities to find solutions
* Reduce restrictions but protect lives
* Be transparent, consistent, predictable, and fair.
https://bit.ly/38r3y9c
13/14
The sooner we shut, the softer and shorter we can shut. We can minimize disruption to holiday shopping, jobs, and education, and also find and reduce the major drivers of spread. To have happier holidays at the end of the year, we must stay much safer for next 6 weeks. 14/end
