Re:Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus
by ip26 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:38PM
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One can imagine certain futures where it's actually a good thing for low-risk populations quickly develop an immunity, styming the spread later on.
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Re:Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus
by vikramkr on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:41PM
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The low risk populations are actively spreading it and are passing it on to high risk populations bin that case. We'd rather have the disease spread slowly and move some of those infections from now to later so our health system doesn't get overwhelmed, and we'd rather delay as long as possible to get a vaccine developed
Re:Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus
by seibelj on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:54PM
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Well, lock yourself inside for the next 12 months then.
Re:Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus
by paulryanrogers on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @12:05AM
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Hygiene, social distancing, targeted quarantine, etc. There is a spectrum. It's not binary: normies vs hermit prepped.
Having had a compromised immune system I don't wish it on anyone. But hey maybe if more people were casual about these things then they too can learn the hard way.