Re:Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:39PM
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I’ve heard that rather than eliminate all new cases, the best we can hope to achieve would be to slow down the spread so our health system isn’t overwhelmed all at once (most of us would get the virus, just not all at once). Somehow China is claiming to achieve the complete elimination goal rather than the more pragmatic slow the spread goal. Which begs the question, what are we getting wrong in the rest of the world?
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Re:Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery
by arcticbull on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:43PM
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> Which begs the question, what are we getting wrong in the rest of the world?
They literally locked people in their homes in the entirety of Wuhan (population 19 million) for a month and sent drones after them if they walked out. It's really not possible for a disease to spread if people are physically isolated. That much is settled science haha.
The difference is China kept people apart by force, and much of the west doesn't have the necessary respect for authority to do so voluntarily. One comment I replied to here someone literally quoted me the national anthem as their justification for going outside and ignoring the shelter-in-place orders.
If there's one thing a totalitarian government can do effectively, it's lock people indoors.
Re:Nobel laureate predicts a quicker coronavirus recovery
by ofcourseianal on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:42PM
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Wake up. No other country implemented the same measures at the same point in the infection curve.