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Ok, get that, but it looks like hand washing isn't enough, and step 2 (lock everything up) is a bit drastic, so how?

by sgt101 7y ago

kradeelav 7y ago
- work from home voluntarily if you can - don't go to unnecessary crowded events if you can - start meal prep for medium term food storage (~1 month) if possible - wear face masks if you have them
- sgt101 7y ago
  Interesting about the meal storage - what are the arrangements that places like Italy are making for food distribution?
mixedbit 7y ago
The goal is to slow down the spread not to stop it completely, so everything that reduces probability of a person catching a virus helps. For example if a person goes to one meeting instead of two, the probability is reduced.
ajross 7y ago
Everything is about defense in depth. "Locking everything up" as Italy is doing now is a last resort. But every bit helps: * We wash our hands because it reduces the chances for infection from something we recently touched (also reduces the chance we'll spread a still-incubating infection by touching things!) * We don't touch our face because mucus membranes are where the virus enters (and leaves!) the body, reducing the chance of infection. * We wear masks because a common vector is water droplets from coughs entering (or leaving!) the lungs and this reduces the chance of such a droplet leaving an infected person's lungs and entering a healthy body. * We avoid large crowds because the fewer people we are near, the lower the chance someone healthy will be near someone who is infected. * We avoid travel to reduce the chance of an infection being introduced into a region where it doesn't exist yet. * We test pervasively because when people know they are infected, or that people near them are infected, they are much (!) more likely to follow the rules above. (And also because it allows for better public planning and resource allocation, e.g. moving health care resources around to places we know are emerging as hotspots.) Etc... It all adds up. And if we're lucky the simple/cheap versions of this strategy will be enough to contain it. It seems to have been true in Korea. In the US? I'm not hopeful, honestly.

Ok, get that, but it looks like hand washing isn't enough, and step 2 (lock everything up) is a bit drastic, so how?

by sgt101 7y ago

Ok, get that, but it looks like hand washing isn't enough, and step 2 (lock everything up) is a bit drastic, so how?

- work from home voluntarily if you can - don't go to unnecessary crowded events if you can - start meal prep for medium term food storage (~1 month) if possible - wear face masks if you have them

sgt101 7y ago
Interesting about the meal storage - what are the arrangements that places like Italy are making for food distribution?

mixedbit 7y ago

The goal is to slow down the spread not to stop it completely, so everything that reduces probability of a person catching a virus helps. For example if a person goes to one meeting instead of two, the probability is reduced.

ajross 7y ago

Everything is about defense in depth. "Locking everything up" as Italy is doing now is a last resort. But every bit helps: * We wash our hands because it reduces the chances for infection from something we recently touched (also reduces the chance we'll spread a still-incubating infection by touching things!) * We don't touch our face because mucus membranes are where the virus enters (and leaves!) the body, reducing the chance of infection. * We wear masks because a common vector is water droplets from coughs entering (or leaving!) the lungs and this reduces the chance of such a droplet leaving an infected person's lungs and entering a healthy body. * We avoid large crowds because the fewer people we are near, the lower the chance someone healthy will be near someone who is infected. * We avoid travel to reduce the chance of an infection being introduced into a region where it doesn't exist yet. * We test pervasively because when people know they are infected, or that people near them are infected, they are much (!) more likely to follow the rules above. (And also because it allows for better public planning and resource allocation, e.g. moving health care resources around to places we know are emerging as hotspots.) Etc... It all adds up. And if we're lucky the simple/cheap versions of this strategy will be enough to contain it. It seems to have been true in Korea. In the US? I'm not hopeful, honestly.