Nudges. Herds. Insights. Vast herds of nudges, sweeping majestically down to the mass graves of Corona victims. Possibly not the real DH. Ok, it's not.
Looks like it's going to be quicker to get to the bar in Wetherspoons for the foreseeable future:
"BBC News - Coronavirus: Isolation for over-70s 'within weeks' https://t.co/bc9mcYsp7j"
Herd Immunity;
I’m an epidemiologist. When I heard about Britain’s herd immunity coronavirus plan I thought it was satire
-William Hanage professor of the evolution and epidemiology of infectious disease Harvard
#COVID19
https://t.co/SLYBbI1uqc
An apology regarding herd immunity: We may have given the impression yesterday that we want coronavirus to sweep through the population. This was a misunderstanding, due to us saying that we want coronavirus to sweep through the population. I hope that clarifies things.Thank you.
UK policy is reckless: they’ve stopped population testing, contact tracing and rigorous quarantine measures - the bedrock of epidemic control and WHO advice. This will not delay but accelerate the epidemic. THREAD (1 )
@DHSCgovuk@uksciencechief Love what you've done with the graph guys. Just as we discussed. Couple of minor thoughts, though - transparency and all that. What's on the Y axis? And the X-axis? You seem to have left the numbers off! Easy mistake to make, no biggie!
@uksciencechief Well said, Sir Patrick. And the best way, we agreed, to avoid the NHS getting overwhelmed, was to ensure the rapid spread of...of...of...Hang on. Patrick, could we grab a quick face-to-face over a cappuchoo-choo in the morning? I've got a teensy-eensy worryette developing
@Independent At last. It's about time these public health experts like ann widdecombe shared their expertise in [*checks notes*] statistical modelling of disease outbreaks, sorry, I mean "literally fucking nothing".
@MartinShovel To be honest, the only sensible ideas I have come up with, have come from the cleaner of a client of a friend. Certainly not from this nudge nonsense.
Hi, Dave here. First post. Dominic and I are concerned that you all might have got the wrong end of the stick about our ‘Herd Immunity’ plan. So I thought it time to give you all a little ‘nudge’ (Ha!).
Remember, it is all quite simple:
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Just off to Tesco now. I don't make a shopping list as I "nudge" myself toward the correct aisles, so it involves careful planning. Looking foward to pasta! @Tesco