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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.142 [SLACK_000356] · slack_pm:msg:01460

Date: 2020-08-22 09:57
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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I really don't understand his analogy either - I mean, we have things like seatbelts, airbags, crumple zones, andautonomous braking invented - is he saying we should go back to a 1950s car with COVID? Just pretend it isn't there? It's worked really well for the US.

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2020-08-22 09:10 Andrew Rambaut open

Frankie Bollocks: https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/1296911184545943554 Can't see this going well...
2020-08-22 09:49 Kristian G. Andersen open

OMFG - he actually went there? Completely lost his marbles .
2020-08-22 09:50 Kristian G. Andersen open

I have been seeing several of his "school" threads that have been thoroughly unhelpful - but comparing to traffic deaths (which so many nutters have done - mostly on Fox News) truly is a new low for him.
2020-08-22 09:57 Kristian G. Andersen

I really don't understand his analogy either - I mean, we have things like seatbelts, airbags, crumple zones, andautonomous braking invented - is he saying we should go back to a 1950s car with COVID? Just pretend it isn't there? It's worked really well for the US.
2020-08-22 10:22 Andrew Rambaut open

Exactly - it is a bad analogy in so many ways. Huge investment in road safety to the point where it is very small inUK.
2020-08-22 10:23 Andrew Rambaut open

But that of course isn't the point because one traffic accident doesn't cause 4 more a few days later.
2020-08-22 10:25 Kristian G. Andersen open

So strange. I guess he's happy he's finally found the spotlight - he tries really hard to be a good scientist, but he just isn't... I really wish he'd go back to just being insignificant though - this is dangerous shit (and yeah - car accidentsdon't have an R0 of 2.5).

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