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Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by xscott on Friday April 03, 2020 @03:47PM (#22773297)
That model doesn't account for other countries not following the same (presumably strict) procedures. We aren't islands, and even if there is a short term suppression in your current country, it seems unlikely you're going to quarantine every incoming flight (and its crew!) for 2 weeks per flight. I suspect any model that doesn't result in the majority of the population getting it eventually is probably wrong.
Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by eesmith on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:34AM (#22776411)
Sure, but my point wasn't that the SIR Model is correct (elsewhere I wrote 'that's a highly simplified model, might not be true, etc., etc'), it was to show that dkarl's model - flattening the curve doesn't change the overall number of infected people - isn't necessarily correct.
Re:Americans are underestimating how long disruptions will l... by xscott on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:40AM (#22776429)
I'll give you that it isn't necessarily correct, but I don't know if it's sufficiently incorrect either :-)