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mostly due to two clusters - a cult church in south korean and a ship in japan. will be interesting to see what curve you can get once you remove those two clu

• jacquesm 7y ago
  If you remove all the people that died you end up with zero fatalities! The problem with those clusters is that in close proximity the virus spreads very fast. There are quite a few communities where people are living together about as close to each other as if they were on a cruise ship. Hong Kong comes to mind. Rural communities where people are less likely to have intensive contact and shared resources are less at risk to begin with. You don't remove those either to get 'more interesting curves'.
• iforgotpassword 7y ago
  I take these as examples of how quickly things can go wrong if they go wrong. People seem to overconfidently brush this off as isolated incidents because religion is stupid and we're not all in a cruise ship. It could also serve as an example of how bad things can get if one person goes unidentified and happens to go to a crowded place. Like a teacher, or clerk, or waiter. Just this past week a coworker returned from Beijing, and there was nothing in place at Frankfurt airport. No questions, no flyer asking you to wash your hands frequently, no phone number you're supposed to call if you feel sick... It's left to the common sense of the individual, which I don't trust everyone to have.