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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by samatman on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:51PM (#22597586)
The more optimistic way of looking at this is: the 'flatten the curve' scenario has to get so close to R0 < 1, that we may as well put in a bit of extra effort to actually get R0 < 1, like China did. At which point the virus will start to isolate in pools and eventually be extinguished.

This is difficult, not impossible. We'll see what actually happens.

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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by neuronic on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:38PM (#22598914)
Looking at the people happily strolling around and gathering in public cafes as if nothing was going on, I severely doubt it. (large city in Germany btw)
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by asdfasgasdgasdg on Monday March 16, 2020 @07:13PM (#22599299)
They will get with the program once one or two people they know die.
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by Touche on Monday March 16, 2020 @07:54PM (#22599677)
Those Darwin award winners will be the first to get it.
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by throwaway894345 on Monday March 16, 2020 @08:09PM (#22599824)
They’ll be the first, but almost all of them will be fine. They’ll just pass it onto the elderly, cancer patients, etc who won’t be fine. No Darwinian justice here, I’m afraid.
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by mathdev on Thursday March 19, 2020 @06:04AM (#22626024)
Of course there is.
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by lainga on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:27PM (#22600491)
How does that work? Killing the elderly reduces the support network available to rear your children, and so reduces your ability to sustain your genes?
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by miskin on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:31AM (#22602891)
Not in the system where state is paid from everyone's taxes to take care both about kids and elders :(.
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Re:Ask HN: What happens next after a successful lockdown? by mirimir on Monday March 16, 2020 @07:41PM (#22599565)
Maybe in some countries. But it's a big world.
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