Are you ready for the '2nd wave' of the flu?

On the cusp of a much heralded '2nd wave' hitting us, we need to remain factual, rational, and proportionate. These recent articles help us see beyond the usual media hype and so called 'expert opinions':

 

1. Second wave?Not even close

7 July 2020 by JB Handley

Key points:

1) We have overwhelmingly overreacted on the issue of COVID-19

2) Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) of this virus is merely 0.26%

3)  Governments expanded their power and strengthened their control over people by enforcing regulation, adopting mass surveillance and useless rules (e.g. prohibit group gatherings with more than 50 people in public places)

4) The lockdown measure has hurt the economy and life-quality severely

5)  One effective method that is proven by numbers to cope with COVID-19 is “Herd immunity threshold” (HIT)

 

2. UniversalMasking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era

21 May 2020 by Michael Klompas, M.D., M.P.H., Charles A. Morris, M.D., M.P.H., Julia Sinclair, M.B.A., Madelyn Pearson, D.N.P., R.N., and Erica S. Shenoy, M.D., Ph.D.

Key points:

1) Mask may reduce the likelihood of transmission

2) Masking alone is not panacea. Focusing on universal masking alone may, paradoxically, lead to more transmission

3) Mask serves more a visible reminder of the importance of social distancing

 

3. 30 Facts aboutCovid-19

June 2020 by Swiss Policy Research

  

Key points: “The only means to fight the plague is honesty.” (Albert Camus, 1947)

 

Stay sane and stay strong...