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.
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.