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Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by Retric on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:25AM (#22694451)
Quarantine completely failed to prevent what was a highly localized disease globally in 2 months. We need to accept it’s simply ineffective across international borders unless draconian measures are applied before they seem required. We might get through this with 100,000 people dying globally or 100,000,000 it’s completely unknown at this point. But, should the second happen expect some significant changes to happen for years if not decades.

PS: China’s case fatality rate broke 4%, though they likely undercounted cases by ~50% if not more.

Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:26AM (#22694474)
What country even quarantined everyone coming in on a plane?

I might have been unclear, but I was suggesting quarantine for everyone coming in, as an alternative to banning travel forever.

Quarantine set up once you already have an outbreak is uh, a different matter.

Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by Retric on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:31AM (#22694515)
Internal travel was suspended between several countries, though far to late to make a significant difference. A partial list: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-travel-bans/i...

Saying they waited to long is true, but simply means it fails due to politics.

Edit: NM, misunderstood what you where referring to.

Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @12:05PM (#22694972)
Yeah, far too late. I mean the equivalent of locking things down in January, not March.

A total travel ban would also fail due to politics, so that's not a really helpful criteria.