Aris KatzourakisI am particularly vexed by the continued usage of #ImmunityDebt. It is not an established concept, and has never been used prior to the pandemic. And it mixes and matches a) population immunity, which is trivially true, b) individual severity effects, which are not, c) has echoes of the still controversial 'hygiene hypothesis', and d) uses a loaded colloquialism - 'debt' - to whom, and why? Would much prefer we stuck to precise terminology.
J.H.NoyesSomeone with the appropriate skill set should track usage of the term back to the disinformation boiler room responsible for introducing it. I'm going out on a limb and saying early adopters will be responsible for introducing many other dubious narratives into the debate.
Providers should stay as far away from the term as possible, particularly when dealing with children. Acquired immune deficiencies are unlikely to be regarded as 'debts' during malpractice proceedings.