Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavirus plan “was satire”

Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by cameronh90 on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:52PM (#22586659)

It's possible to contain it with extreme measures, of course. But what happens when you release the lock down and it's still burning through the rest of the world, especially Africa and India? Do you ban every foreign visitor for the next year?

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by aidos on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:13PM (#22586818)

That’s the bit I don’t get - what’s the end game with the lock down? Are you hoping that everyone actually gets it slowly over the course of being isolated (ish). Otherwise have you not just postponed the issue until you set everyone free again?

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by jacquesm on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:56PM (#22586684)

Seems like a small price to pay.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by baq on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:09PM (#22586787)

from a high risk country, yes. from a low risk country, test every single arrival.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by Engineering-MD on Sunday March 15, 2020 @07:22PM (#22587846)

But the tests have a high false negative rate. Let them through and it can all re occur.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by baq on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:01AM (#22590633)

Current ones, yes. New ones are in development and keep appearing weekly.

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