One of the best analyses I've seen on the pandemic.

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8. Italy is maybe not a good comparison

because of the cultural inclination to live in multi-generational households. Last night Maddow had a NYT health and science reporter on. He was talking about how China and S Korea are dealing with the outbreak. He said it was discovered early on that the biggest contributor to spread of the disease was family and so as soon as there is an indication (fever) of illness, that person is taken right away from his/her family, run through further batteries of tests and quarantined. What he described was pretty draconian, but apparently is effective.

Maybe now sick Italians are being seperated from their families, but it might be kinda too little, too late.