Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or request leave

Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by dabbledash on Friday April 24, 2020 @05:13PM (#22972972)

I think people are hoping for a third option: driving the infection rate low enough that it can be contained going forward with testing and contact tracing. Whether it’s realistic to think that can be achieved in an acceptable timeframe, I don’t know.

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by droidist2 on Friday April 24, 2020 @05:44PM (#22973239)

What about the option of slowing the spread or flattening the curve so it doesn't overwhelm the healthcare system?

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by dabbledash on Friday April 24, 2020 @05:50PM (#22973287)

My understanding is the end game for that is still a vaccine or herd immunity. It just slows the process down enough that you don’t have more people dying because of a lack of equipment.

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by droidist2 on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:00PM (#22973367)

So then trying to drive the infection rate too low before reopening could actually be counterproductive because it also slows down the building of herd immunity?

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by Johnjonjoan on Saturday April 25, 2020 @03:40AM (#22976444)

I wouldn't say no to some free generations of exponential growth

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