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An article closer to home with no Spiegel-Spritzen. I think the “I Don't Think the Virus Can Be Stopped Anymore” is clickbait out of context to sell more Der Sp
by HocusLocus 7y ago
An article closer to home with no Spiegel-Spritzen. I think the “I Don't Think the Virus Can Be Stopped Anymore” is clickbait out of context to sell more Der Spiegels, marketed to people who are waiting for some final pronouncement of doom.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/03/officials-detail-universitys-move-to-online-learning-to-combat-coronavirus/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/03/officials-det...
Here is Marc Lipsitch quoted properly with a definition of "flattening the curve" which is the rational way to present the idea that containment is no longer possible.
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21171481/coronavirus-us-cases-quarantine-cancellation https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21171481/coronavirus-us-cases-...
Containment is no longer possible because the disease is becoming globally endemic and will probably survive in successive waves over several years and the only thing under our control at this point is to prevent a spike of cases. We must dispense with the idea that our parents or grandparents can be kept in a perpetual bubble and will NEVER get the disease. We might however take steps that ensure that it unfolds slowly enough that adequate medical care will be available.