UK's "herd immunity" risk-blind strategy hinges on unempirical psycholophasters' theory abt "crisis fatigue" & "nudging" BS. Assumes
1) no reinfection
2) hospitals will not be overwhelmed (w secondary deaths), 3) disease must return
4) no vaccine is coming

Total IYI Lunacy.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) March 14, 2020