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Re:Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity? by Gwypaas on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:07PM (#24507935)
It shows that "okay" measures against COVID are strong enough to push the R_eff value for those viruses well below 1, unless something extraordinary happens. I.e. no extra strain for medical services.

As said, this hinges on social distancing and hygiene measures being kept enforced. If you open a country fully again and get two simultaneous peaks then you are in for a bad time.

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Re:Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity? by Klinky on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:29PM (#24508254)
I think we're on the same page here. My catastrophic scenario involved no mitigation steps and removal of lockdown. The goal was to dissuade people from thinking since things are "fine/better" right now, lockdown/mitigation is not needed anymore. We still need to get through this winter, and on to a vaccine.
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