Re:Returning from a Year of Isolation in Antarctica
by latchkey on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @06:48PM
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This video [1] made me sad at the time because I could see it coming. The downplay of the severity along with the usage of masks doesn't age well.
I was coming from Vietnam and early on the govt. wasn't taking it seriously enough and had some major outbreaks. But they immediately got it under control. Contact tracing, testing, lockdowns, spraying, masks, hand washing, propaganda... and look... it worked. Zero deaths, zero new cases in 90+ days now. The whole country is open within its borders and people are safely interacting without any worries.
So, while I think the CDC is doing an ok job... at the end of the day, they totally missed the tidal wave coming at them.
I was coming from Vietnam and early on the govt. wasn't taking it seriously enough and had some major outbreaks. But they immediately got it under control. Contact tracing, testing, lockdowns, spraying, masks, hand washing, propaganda... and look... it worked. Zero deaths, zero new cases in 90+ days now. The whole country is open within its borders and people are safely interacting without any worries.
So, while I think the CDC is doing an ok job... at the end of the day, they totally missed the tidal wave coming at them.
[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/17/nih-di...