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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by mercer on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:18AM (#22554259)
From what I understand, 'slowing it down' is really important, so we can't really tell quite yet how necessary the lockdown in China was. Sure, the virus isn't contained and it will probably return. But how many lives were saved or will be saved because the lockdown 'only' slowed things down?

Not saying I have a strong opinion on this; I really have no clue. But at least from what I understand even just slowdown might be worth quite a high cost.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by simonh on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:00AM (#22554977)
Yes, that’s all true. It’s just a matter of the scale of the cost and benefits. Welding people into their apartments seems excessive, I have to wonder how many old or sick people died or suffered unnecessarily as a result.
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