Doctor Asks: Are We Doing The Right Thing? | Social Distancing

Social distancing, self-isolation, school closures, public life entirely shut down. Does the reaction to coronavirus / COVID-19 seem a bit extreme? What about the economic impact? This video is for those unsure about whether we're embarking on the right course of action.

A point I would've liked to have made clearer is that the economic downside of social distancing is considerable and has been considered when forming advice, but bear in mind the economic impact of unchecked viral spread - it would be incomparably worse.

Coronavirus playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSl6im8mc0fIRuNHWzhdV-K34FvUqHRut

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References:

David Spiegelhalter's excellent risk explanation: https://medium.com/wintoncentre/how-much-normal-risk-does-covid-represent-4539118e1196
The Imperial document: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf
The guy who makes the FT graphics: https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch
The FT graphics: https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

John Ioannidis's piece: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/
Marc Lipsitch's response: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/18/we-know-enough-now-to-act-decisively-against-covid-19/
Hida Bastian's response: http://hildabastian.net/index.php/8-secondary/88

David Katz's piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing.html

A damning indictment of the British response: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2005755?query=RP

Excellent further reading (and where I got 'hammer' from): https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56

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