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Re:Miscalculation at every level left U.S. unequipped to fig... by analog31 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:59PM (#23027282)
The day that my work group decided to start working from home, there were roughly a couple thousand reported C19 cases in the US. The conventional wisdom among the people around me was that we stay inside until the game changes, which could happen for a variety of reasons:

* We gain a definitive understanding of how the virus works: Its prevalance, severity, etc., and can adapt our plan based on that information.

* Effective vaccine, treatment, etc.

* Massively scale up testing, tracking, etc., so the spread can be controlled effectively.

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Re:Miscalculation at every level left U.S. unequipped to fig... by chihuahua on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:01AM (#23028194)
Sure. What bugs me is that testing is still minimal, and there doesn't seem to be any attempt at setting up a tracking system. Vaccine/treatment is still at least a year away, and a year of lockdown doesn't seem feasible
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