Health and science reporter Melissa Healy presents a morbid inquiry that will be key in our future: How many COVID deaths are ‘acceptable’?
The question is important because it will determine what pandemic safety rules will eventually look like.
Although assessing how many deaths we can accept seems like an absurd question, not only is it reasonable, it isn’t unique to the COVID pandemic.“Acceptable numbers of deaths are the common currency of public health professionals. And they are a central factor in every debate over when — and after what expenditure of money and effort — the time has come to move on,” Healy writes.
to the virus as a result of vaccination, past infection or both, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As we decide how we want to continue living in society, the brutal truth is that we will not have zero deaths from COVID in the foreseeable future. One main reason is because our current vaccines do not provide lifetime immunity.in order to usher the United States safely into a post-pandemic era.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Covid-19: Six Covid-related deaths and 1,002 casesThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in NI since the start of the pandemic is 3,335.
Read more »
Covid-19: One Covid-related death and 783 casesThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in NI since the start of the pandemic is 3,336.
Read more »
Health Experts Say COVID Cases Likely Will Rise When Spring Break EndsFor many Bay Area school districts, spring break starts on Monday and, to better manage the spread of COVID, schools distributed rapid tests for students to take home before their break.
Read more »
COVID and diabetes, colliding in a public health train wreckAfter older people and nursing home residents, perhaps no group has been harder hit by the pandemic than people with diabetes. (via nytimes)
Read more »
China Sends Military, Thousands Of Health Workers To Shanghai For Mass Covid TestingThe highly contagious omicron BA.2 form of the virus is testing China's ability to maintain its zero-COVID approach.
Read more »