Dr. Barry Dworkin

Using the benchmark of confirmed COVID-19 cases inaccurately represents the scope of the pandemic. For some, human nature takes over and minimizes the risk with entirely predictable outcomes.

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 26, 2020

Related posts:

  1. Why proposing “herd immunity” as a strategy by using SARS-CoV-2 as your inoculating vector is not a good idea. Historically, there has never been a real case of herd immunity through infection.
  2. Prepare for what is coming over the next two weeks. It is expected and not a reflection that staying at home is not working. This is the past two weeks now percolating through to the present.
  3. The road back will depend on the expertise of physicians like Dr. Fauci and not the Dunning-Krugerites Dr. Oz and his friends at Fox News among others. There is a moral(e) imperative to provide the public with a plan to resume some semblance of our lives.
  4. There comes a point when dire modelling scenarios will fail to have the desired impact on a bludgeoned portion of the population that are doing their part. 8 months in, those who haven’t will carry on snubbing the recommendations. Next message strategy?