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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by DuskStar on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:42PM (#22879878)
My reading is that either restrictions were sufficient before, or the new ones won't be enough either. And the more onerous the restrictions, the less likely it is that people will be willing to follow the important ones in the future.
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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by CydeWeys on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:22PM (#22880449)
It doesn't logically follow that just because mild restrictions weren't sufficient, that stricter restrictions won't be. China used very strict restrictions and they stopped the spread of the disease hard.

Every incremental improvement you can do to decrease the R_0 will have its effect. Progressively stricter social distancing measures as required absolutely will work, so long as they are being obeyed anyway.

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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by DuskStar on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:01PM (#22880907)
> so long as they are being obeyed anyway.

And that's MY point. How long will people be willing to obey the current restrictions? How long would they be willing to obey even stricter ones, or more lenient ones?

I don't think obedience can be assumed forever. Even China had to weld people inside their apartment buildings. And I don't know if that would be practical here.

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