Re:Exponential Growth and Covid-19 [video]
by m3kw9 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @03:27PM
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China is in a different phase where it seems they have surpressed it rather than contained it. which means if they loosen up the lock down it could revert. It’s also an economic disaster that are trying contain from all the lock down.
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Re:Exponential Growth and Covid-19 [video]
by greenhatman on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:48PM
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I don't understand the difference between surpressed and contained?
Yeah, if they stop containing it, it will start spreading again...
Suppressed means there is continued transmission, contained means that’s stopped. Rabies is suppressed with a continuing threat from wild animal populations. The recent Ebola virus outbreak on the other hand is an example of containment in action, with zero active cases at this point.
The only long term success for suppression is from a vaccine. Contained on the other hand means every infected person can gain immunity and the virus would then run out of new hosts.