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Re:The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is bein... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @01:39AM (#23003776)
I don't follow the example. If people in Wuhan are still avoiding restaurants, it can't be because they haven't reduced community spread enough - the city's reported no new cases for weeks.
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Re:The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is bein... by smcameron on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @02:45AM (#23004172)
It's because people are afraid. Fear is not perfectly rational.
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Re:The San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order is bein... by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:40AM (#23007423)
That's my point. Wuhan demonstrates that reducing community spread to 0 has nothing to do with restoring confidence or reducing fear. In a year, I expect the regions aiming for 0 community spread will still be devastated, because they've taught their populace that the coronavirus is the worst thing ever and they must be constantly scared of it.
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