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I would love it if you're all correct on this. The problem I face is that I do notice other countries who are a week or two ahead of us really struggling, and t

I would love it if you're all correct on this. The problem I face is that I do notice other countries who are a week or two ahead of us really struggling, and taking increasingly drastic measures to try and maintain control. I guess I just don't really understand the argument people are making who are saying we are overreacting. Are you saying we should do nothing, and just accept some tens of thousands of deaths and overburdened hospitals across all major cities? Or that this isn't really a big deal or contagious, and we should just ignore it? It seems to me that the prudent and responsible thing is for us all to do our best to lower the secondary infection rate, in order to guard against these outcomes.

tracker1 7y ago
Not at all... follow best practices... wash your hands (before and after restroom use, before and after food prep or touching money), stay home if you're sick and for employers emphasize this and work as well as possible around the issue. Don't panic. In the end, it will spread, it will kill, and the only thing panic does is make things worse. If people washed their hands more and stayed home when sick instead of working through it, that's the most you probably should do.
- natalyarostova 7y ago
  I disagree. Containment still seems to be the correct course of action, which requires drastic up-front measures to prevent millions of cases simultaneously. You might disagree with that strategy, in which case that's fine, I think you're wrong. But you're mischaracterizing that strategy as panic. e.g. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/from-a-scientist-coronavirus-pictures-to-ponder.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/fr...
  - tracker1 7y ago
    Staying home when sick isn't containment?
    - nocoolnametom 7y ago
      Sure, and those few days before you become symptomatic but you're already beginning to be contagious to others you're also staying home?
      - Izkata 7y ago
        ...Spreading it to 2 people instead of 5 still slows it down, which is where we're at now.
      - tracker1 7y ago
        So you want to test everyone in the country before they're showing symptoms, out just close the country for a few days?
  - natalyarostova 7y ago
    (not to say some people aren't panicking. Which they of course should stop doing).
  - natalyarostova 7y ago
    It's not sufficiently containment, due to the high incubation time, there is transmission amongst many who do not think they are sick. That's a property of this virus that makes it different.
    - paulryanrogers 7y ago
      Slowing the spread helps too. It provides time to prepare and reduce the load on the health system.
losttheplot 7y ago
>I do notice other countries who are a week or two ahead of us It is being reported that South Korea is testing 10k per day. The USA is still having an issue in even delivering test kits where required. That's months ahead, not weeks.
- hawaiianbrah 7y ago
  I think they meant in terms of viral propagation and effects being felt.
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tracker1 7y ago

Not at all... follow best practices... wash your hands (before and after restroom use, before and after food prep or touching money), stay home if you're sick and for employers emphasize this and work as well as possible around the issue. Don't panic. In the end, it will spread, it will kill, and the only thing panic does is make things worse. If people washed their hands more and stayed home when sick instead of working through it, that's the most you probably should do.

natalyarostova 7y ago
I disagree. Containment still seems to be the correct course of action, which requires drastic up-front measures to prevent millions of cases simultaneously. You might disagree with that strategy, in which case that's fine, I think you're wrong. But you're mischaracterizing that strategy as panic. e.g. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/from-a-scientist-coronavirus-pictures-to-ponder.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/03/fr...
- tracker1 7y ago
  Staying home when sick isn't containment?
  - nocoolnametom 7y ago
    Sure, and those few days before you become symptomatic but you're already beginning to be contagious to others you're also staying home?
    - Izkata 7y ago
      ...Spreading it to 2 people instead of 5 still slows it down, which is where we're at now.
    - tracker1 7y ago
      So you want to test everyone in the country before they're showing symptoms, out just close the country for a few days?
- natalyarostova 7y ago
  (not to say some people aren't panicking. Which they of course should stop doing).
- natalyarostova 7y ago
  It's not sufficiently containment, due to the high incubation time, there is transmission amongst many who do not think they are sick. That's a property of this virus that makes it different.
  - paulryanrogers 7y ago
    Slowing the spread helps too. It provides time to prepare and reduce the load on the health system.

losttheplot 7y ago

>I do notice other countries who are a week or two ahead of us It is being reported that South Korea is testing 10k per day. The USA is still having an issue in even delivering test kits where required. That's months ahead, not weeks.

hawaiianbrah 7y ago
I think they meant in terms of viral propagation and effects being felt.
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