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In reply to the discussion: Two thoughts from an epidemiologist. [View all]It depends on what you mean by "work".
If you wanted to kill the epidemic by starving the virus of hosts completely, you are right.
I don't think that's what we are doing. We are going to reduce the peak impact of the virus so the medical system and other systems can hold up. We do that by getting off the exponential growth and getting into a linear growth of cases. That is bad, but less bad than a civilization ending catastrophe.
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One tried to blow up a hospital with a car bomb last week & died in shootout with agents at pickup.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#33
K&R, putting well people with sick people gets more sick people. We need nationwide testing
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#13
Sending this to a number of friends and family who believe they're behaving safely already
flibbitygiblets
Mar 2020
#15
All good points. Many have suggested that everyone (especially willful doubters) should be forced...
FailureToCommunicate
Mar 2020
#16
"We need everyone to hold the line as the epidemic inevitably gets worse" -- Well, duh.
rocktivity
Mar 2020
#18
The MAIL and PACKAGES coming through your front door. It's a leak in the hopefully clean environment
usaf-vet
Mar 2020
#19
What I've been saying all along, although far less eloquently..Lots of
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2020
#20