The herd immunity ‘solution’ is pub economics – a simple model that won’t work
Barr, N.
(23 October 2020)
The herd immunity ‘solution’ is pub economics – a simple model that won’t work.
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
(23 October 2020)
The herd immunity ‘solution’ is pub economics – a simple model that won’t work.
LSE COVID-19 Blog.
Nicholas Barr (LSE) argues that the pursuit of herd immunity as a response to COVID-19 is profoundly mistaken. The error is no accident, but an example of a much wider class of error – mistaking a simple model (which can be useful to clarify thinking) for a good enough description of reality to be used as the basis for policy.