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Re:Governments Introduce Surveillance Under Veil of Coronavi... by monadgonad on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @08:56AM (#22812476)
Flatten the curve so that much fewer people will die until a vaccine can be developed.
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Re:Governments Introduce Surveillance Under Veil of Coronavi... by lbeltrame on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @09:04AM (#22812539)
It's much better to bet on the drugs. A vaccine will take years to be fully available (let's not forget we have just two phase 1 studies going, the efficacy is still yet to be determined): drugs, if the current or upcoming trials are successful, probably within the end of the year.

And like the drugs, a vaccine may not be successful at all. What do we do in that case?

This is a problem for the ICUs only because there is no specific treatment. If we can treat it like we can treat other grave diseases, the impact becomes smaller and more manageable.

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