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My company seems to be consistently behind the edge data with regards to policy. For instance, self isolation is still 14 days. This isn't enough. They are als
by alttab 7y ago
My company seems to be consistently behind the edge data with regards to policy.
For instance, self isolation is still 14 days. This isn't enough. They are also restricting isolation and travel only to "affected areas of Italy" instead of all of Italy.
It boggles my mind that people say "the risk is low" and "we don't know how to contain it or where these cases are coming from" in the same presser.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y ago14 days is still probably enough. There are scattered reports of people staying asymptomatic for longer, but they're hard to confirm (maybe you weren't actually exposed at the start) and certainly very rare. The goal of self-isolation is to severely reduce transmission, not to make it 100% impossible. People say the risk is low because it's probably good on net if the cases are coming from everywhere; it would indicate that the visible clusters where people die a lot are anomalies, and most cases aren't that bad. The worst case scenario is that containment is impossible but it really hasn't spread widely yet.
- gnulinux 7y agoUS pneumonia rates are under very close scrutiny. There is no spike of pneumonia anywhere currently, which means there is likely no huge cluster of 1000s of people infected. That's why it's low risk as in chances of catching COVID-19 is very low. But this doesn't mean they will be able to contain it.
- pbourke 7y ago> US pneumonia rates are under very close scrutiny Do you have a source for that? I know that there is a nationwide flu surveillance system run by CDC, and it has indicated that most states are at or near peak - is that what you’re referring to?
- edoceo 7y agoToo right! Low risk and unknown risk are very different things.