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Revision as of 18:19, 8 July 2021

This is for listing blunders in covid policy.

Blunders in General

Origins in China

Testing

"The CDC’s failed race against covid-19: A threat underestimated and a test overcomplicated", Washington Post (2020.Christmas):

"On Jan. 13, the World Health Organization had made public a recipe for how to configure such a test, and several countries wasted no time getting started: Within hours, scientists in Thailand used the instructions to deploy a new test.

The CDC would not roll out one that worked for 46 more days....

It would have been prudent, he said, “to use the WHO test that was already available. At the same time, get a better understanding of the performance of that test — see if you could improve on it with a second-generation test, as opposed to trying to develop your own test, independent of what’s out there.” "

Treatment

Cleaning Surfaces vs. Ventilation

"COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?"

Lockdowns

Masks

Vaccine Development

Vaccine Administration

It should have been easy and quick to administer.
Don't use nurses; use the unemployed, in stadiums.  Have some of the unemployed stand by with phones to call if someone has an allergic reaction. 
First priority should have been to vaccinate people, not to try to vaccinate particular groups of people. 

As for groups: vaccinate grocery store and other retail workers, and workers in people transport--airlines, buses, taxi, train.