Prof Christina PagelDec 8, 2022

I wrote a piece with @[email protected] @TheConversationUK on this.

It's important to delay #Covid infection AND it's doable.

Full article here:
https://theconversation.com/covid-treatments-and-prevention-are-still-improving-so-the-longer-you-can-avoid-it-the-better-192140

COVID treatments and prevention are still improving – so the longer you can avoid it the better

There seems to be increased complacency around continued COVID infections, and even an attitude that they don’t matter. But they do – and we can reduce the risk.

The Conversation
Show threadProf Christina PagelDec 8, 2022
Firstly, #Covid infections are not risk free. Even after prev infection & vaccination, you can still get pretty sick or develop long covid. Risk of longer term issues also higher. Plus not everyone has had it yet and the CEV community remain at much higher risk.
Show threadProf Christina PagelDec 8, 2022
Second, future better vaccines are likely that better prevent infection & transmission. More treatments are coming too, in case you do get infected (e.g. Paxlovid last yr). So if I avoid infx this yr I might not get it at all next yr (with better vax) or be less sick if I do.
Show threadProf Christina Pagel
Thirdly, #mitigations that can sustainably delay infections have much broader public health benefits: from better sick pay, improved housing, improved work places, to cleaner indoor air. (e.g see emphasis on indoor air in today's air pollution report)
Dec 8, 2022 at 1:22pmWeb
Show threadProf Christina PagelDec 8, 2022

Finally, putting in place these mitigations that are airborne disease agnostic is an important preventative tool against the NEXT pandemic.

Anyway, full article here!
https://theconversation.com/covid-treatments-and-prevention-are-still-improving-so-the-longer-you-can-avoid-it-the-better-192140

fun to write with @kityates as ever & thanks to Phoebe Roth for editing!

COVID treatments and prevention are still improving – so the longer you can avoid it the better

There seems to be increased complacency around continued COVID infections, and even an attitude that they don’t matter. But they do – and we can reduce the risk.

The Conversation
Show threadMatt ChambersDec 8, 2022
@chrischirp @kityates Good article! My goal is to be the last person in the US to be uninfected! (Is there a prize for that?)
Show threadWndlBDec 8, 2022
@chrischirp @kityates And walk around like the Japanese elderly circa 2018, eg, masked. We call our best the Bernie Sanders (it's worked for him!).