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Re:Coronavirus: South Korea’s aggressive testing gives clues... by nobrains on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:47AM (#22501991)
Good question. Since once someone is infected, how can early detection and being under quarantine help in recovery?

The answer is that with early detection, and keeping the virus numbers low, the health care network can be kept free for caring for the cases that do come through.

And ICU level care cannot cure the virus but can reduce fatalities.

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Re:Coronavirus: South Korea’s aggressive testing gives clues... by mirekrusin on Friday March 06, 2020 @02:31PM (#22506474)
Early detection means up to 100x more people overloading hospitals, doesn't it? It's much better to just stop as much as possible for 2 weeks - work from home etc.
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