Initial Covid-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater than originally reported

Re:Initial Covid-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater t... by deathgrips on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:51AM (#23625274)

There wasn't a consensus back in February that covid19 was the black plague. Even though we didn't have the data to justify shutdowns, governments everywhere shutdown businesses because politicians won't personally feel the pain of job loss.

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Re:Initial Covid-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater t... by int_19h on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:03AM (#23626141)

We had data to justify shutdowns on the basis of a possible (i.e. consistent with the data that we had) worst case scenario. Doing nothing while waiting for more data to narrow down is itself a risky choice.

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Re:Initial Covid-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater t... by crooked-v on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:09AM (#23625414)

> Even though we didn't have the data to justify shutdowns

0.2% of the entire population of New York City died over the course of a few months, even with a full lockdown in place.

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Re:Initial Covid-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater t... by DuskStar on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:59PM (#23632338)

Which is either evidence in favor of lockdowns or evidence that the lockdown was useless - one of the two.

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