The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, April 3, 2020

18 months of nearly global shutdown?

You think that wouldn't plunge us all into a global depression at least as bad and long-lasting as the Great Depression?

And you don't think such a cure would be worse than the disease?

Perhaps even measured solely in terms of raw body count?

When will life return to normal? Health experts on a possible exit strategy to the pandemic

At present, there is no vaccination available for the coronavirus and health experts do not expect it to become available to the public for a long while.

Intensive and socially disruptive measures are required in order to “suppress the transmission to low levels,” according to professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London.

“It is likely such measures — most notably, large scale social distancing — will need to be in place for many months, perhaps until a vaccine becomes available,” Ferguson said in a report published March 17.

In the same report, scientists at Imperial College London estimated it could take up to 18 months, at least, to find a vaccine for COVID-19.

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