Scientific advisers to the government have set out measures to reduce the transmission of coronavirus within homes, which they say can help cut the number of infections by up to 15% in just three weeks.
A document prepared for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) was published on Friday following the recent surge in COVID cases linked to the new, more transmissible variant of the virus.
The scientists warn that the risks from transmission within homes "are likely to be elevated" due to the new variant and "lockdown alone may not be sufficient to reduce infection rates" in disadvantaged households.
What SAGE appears to be claiming is - the current policy isn't working so let us push the same policy even harder. Oh - and in any event it is partly your fault you irresponsible homeowners. The piece then goes on to list a range of SAGE recommendations such as -
Infection control measures for all households
The SAGE document advises:
• Restrict visitors to the home to only those who are essential
• Maintain distance as far as possible from any visitors to the home. Keep visits as short as practical
• Regularly air rooms, open windows and/or use extract fans before a visitor arrives, during their stay and for a short while afterwards
At some point, it may become clear even to SAGE members that the virus isn't actually listening and there is no evidence that the government was ever able to control rates of infection to any measurable degree. How would SAGE members prove otherwise? Run the whole thing again with a different policy?
It may have been better to rely more on information and practical emergency measures and less on coercion and ruinous lockdowns. Again - how would SAGE members prove otherwise?
3 comments:
This should be interesting. They can't have police or recruited sneaks checking on people's homes, because visits are to be avoided or kept as short as possible. Awkward to enforce, this one, although entirely predictable.
Christmas has just gone but SAGE certainly need stuffing. They have not a valid clue between them, but they'll keep desperately trying to justify their fees no matter how ineffective their recommendations repeatedly prove to be. Then, of course, their ineptitude is backed up by a gang of shysters who will sell their mothers rather than admit their mistakes.
Sam - maybe Amazon Alexa will be recruited.
Jannie - not admitting mistakes seems to be a problem with anyone who climbs the greasy pole this far. Almost as if governments should use SAGE as a way to exclude certain experts.
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