Open letter from Italy to the international scientific community

Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by kspacewalk2 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @08:49PM (#22580084)

I care. These doom and gloom shrieks and exhortations for President Madagascar to Shut. Down. Everything are distracting from the real work governments have to do to tackle this severe and protracted crisis in a competent manner, i.e. following the advice of real, not collective-letter experts.

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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by mtmail on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:19PM (#22580267)

The advise from real experts is also to shut everything down.

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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by kspacewalk2 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:49PM (#22580470)

No. It is to flatten the curve, i.e. to get infected slowly and manageably, in order to minimize peak ICU admissions. This will minimize deaths. If you fuck up initially, like China and Italy, by severely underestimating the problem, you're forced to shut down everything for a bit, but in the end everyone will be doing the same thing - shutting down some things to control the infection, not try in vain to "stop" it.

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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by 7177Y on Saturday March 14, 2020 @11:57PM (#22581133)

Best to shut down now and flatten as much as possible, no?

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