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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by grey-area on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:28PM (#22586455)
Initial response to isolated infections requires a different response to that you give an entrenched pandemic. When it always comes back from multiple countries and is initially undetectable complete shutdown trace and contain simply won’t work.
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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by threeseed on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:53PM (#22586665)
Australia imposed a 14 day mandatory quarantine for all visitors where non-compliance is criminal.

Not sure why every country couldn't do the same to isolate incoming infections.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by grey-area on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:57PM (#22587179)
How long for and does this include workers too or just tourists?

This isn’t really tenable if you want a functioning economy, and cases will slip through.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by threeseed on Sunday March 15, 2020 @06:23PM (#22587379)
It's indefinite and it applies to everyone.

And it seems a pretty common sense preventative measure since a 14 day quarantine isn't too onerous.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by grey-area on Monday March 16, 2020 @02:51AM (#22590590)
It’s a sensible measure to delay the spread, I don’t believe it will be effective in stopping the spread and it will be very damaging to the economy so not sustainable IMO.
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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by dirtydroog on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:16PM (#22586829)
That'd be racist or white supremacy, or something. Australia doesn't care about this.
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