13 April

In the public discussions, I'm noticing confusion between two concepts of public health - elimination, and eradication. All pandemic strategies right now are elimination strategies, all that changes is how long you allow to do the eliminating. Some feel the social restrictions are too harsh, but the more you ease up on those, the longer they have to stay on. I still think we have to reframe these not as restrictions, but as privileges - we are able to shelter from the virus. Billions aren't. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su48a7.htm