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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:15AM (#22546498)
The problem is, though, that we live in a very connected world. If absolutely everyone, worldwide, isolated themselves, then yes, the virus would die out. But if everyone does so except Iran, say, or Oklahoma, then Iran or Oklahoma reinfect the world and everyone has to do it again.
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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by tome on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:17AM (#22546517)
Yes, and maybe we have to ban travel from Iran(!) or Oklahoma until they cooperate.
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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @12:07PM (#22546929)
Oklahoma would be very hard. Iran would be easier for us... but not for Iraq. You probably couldn't prohibit travel from Iraq into Syria. And so it goes...
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