I think it's useful to split ongoing COVID measures into 3 categories: A. Surveillance/preparedness governments need to keep doing in background B. Things that were emergency measures and shouldn't be kept indefinitely C. Things that would be useful to have indefinitely 1/
Under (A), we have work that individuals in the population may not notice on day-to-day basis (e.g. community infection surveys, variant tracking, scenario planning, local capacity development), but is needed to make sure damage is limited if variants take turn for the worse. 2/
@adamjkucharski Outside of twitter, this kind of thread is totally uncontroversial and most people would even agree on what should feature in each basket The fact that a lot of this *will* be controversial on twitter is IMO evidence of it becoming increasingly detached from reality
@adamjkucharski I think there should be an element of forecasting under A
@adamjkucharski A) wastewater data infrastructure and transparency, new strain/new type vax and booster rsch and supply chain, antiviral cocktail dev, indoor air standards, PPE mfring and stds for kids/adults
@adamjkucharski B) clear data metrics for mask on-ramps and off-ramps, based on transparent transmission data, for all non-optional indoor shared spaces (school, transit, courts, grocery store, med visits) that account for post-holiday and seasonal surges.
@adamjkucharski C) Hepas, ventilation, and posted AQ factors, a culture of rapid testing, more effective and affordable rapids everywhere (love the idea of multi-viral tests for seasonal use), sick leave, shift in post-viral treatment.