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Re:Italy to close all stores apart from food shops and pharm... by chupa-chups on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:41PM (#22551075)
Yes, but if you look closely at italy, that's what matters: spread the amount of people requiring intensive care until it is below the threshold your region is able to provide.
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Re:Italy to close all stores apart from food shops and pharm... by lmilcin on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @05:54PM (#22551208)
That's right. Even if it is impossible to prevent from spreading, which I believe we will no longer be able to do, it is still much better to be sick at some other time than when everybody else is sick, too.

It also gives more time to develop protocol to treat it.

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