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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by rhino369 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:48PM (#22676194)
Nationwide lockdowns don't really work unless you are trying to totally contain it, which is likely impossible in the US, Europe, and India.

Each metro area and state should lock-down when they think they are going to get near their max ICU capacity (of course taking into account that hospital load lags by 2-3 weeks).

It doesn't do any good to lock down a city that doesn't have any community spread yet. It's just pure economic pain without any benefit.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by wool_gather on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:13PM (#22676468)
There's no way to know that there is community spread without comprehensive testing.

In order to stop transmission, infected people need to be quarantined. If you have no idea which individuals are infected...the (incredibly painful, yes) alternative is everyone.

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Re:India announces nationwide lockdown to stop spread of cor... by sweezyjeezy on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:10PM (#22676441)
You are talking with certainty about things which are completely unprecedented right now. The fact is you don't know for what is and isn't possible, and you don't know what should be done - nobody really does.
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