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August 4, 2021 at 7:30 pm #1668172

danlee

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@osbad scientists refer to the larger predictions of cases because it is better to issue a warning that was not needed, than to understate a risk which then leads to catastrophe. They aren’t doing it to further their careers. Some media or news outlets might be doing it for the ratings, but not the scientists.

In terms of where we are (I’m in the uk and assume you are too) yes things look good right now. What needs remembering is the lag in events and numbers. Everything only opened up a couple of weeks ago, so any effect has yet to be fully reflected in the numbers. We also need to consider the kids are all off school now. Once the summer holidays are over there will be a risk of increasing cases in October.

We can’t take a brief period of good numbers as the end of the pandemic. It needs to be several or more months of flat lined numbers before it’s gone. Even then it’s important to avoid importing or breeding our own new variant.