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Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with... by joe_the_user on Monday April 20, 2020 @08:46PM (#22930631)
The main reason should be that speculating on both this and the exposed-and-maybe-immune isn't that relevant for the more responsible approaches to managing the situation - isolation, quarantine, safety equipment, testing and contact tracing.

This kind of speculation is relevant to the more irresponsible approaches; "developing herd immunity" and "immunity certificates" but it mostly should be a reminder to "don't do that because you really don't know what you're getting into".

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Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with... by arcticbull on Monday April 20, 2020 @10:45PM (#22931315)
It’s not clear this is the responsible solution as there’s no evidence the entire process wouldn’t start again the minute restrictions are lifted due to the sheer infectiousness of the disease and the large number of people with no symptoms or limited symptoms.
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