I am beginning to think that this pandemic won't end --> now focussed on vaccine booster timing questions

[Melbourne]

@eschrodinger

In medicine, the practice is generally to go with the known good way, and not just make up a new way and hope for the best.

In discussion about medical policy, it’s valuable to make a distinction between “That’s the way we always do it” and “This is the way we should do it”, rather than just advocating doing it the way we always do it, and hoping for the best.

@eschrodinger

But there’s a way that’s known to work, and work very well. And then there’s a way that is not known to work. If that way works well, it could provide a bigger benefit. But, if it doesn’t work as well as hoped, it could cause further problems and wasted resources.

Yes, other ways could provide a bigger benefit. If they work better, they could reduce problems and save resources.

This isn’t a one-sided argument: smart people look at the two sides of the equation and make different judgements, and they aren’t immoral, corrupt or imcompetent for disagreeing with each other on the basis of the same evidence.