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What these measures seem to overlook is that there have been cases where people looked and felt fully healthy, didn't have fever or cough symptoms, but still ha
by fxtentacle 7y ago
What these measures seem to overlook is that there have been cases where people looked and felt fully healthy, didn't have fever or cough symptoms, but still had the virus in their blood.
As such, quarantining only the people that are visibly sick is not enough to prevent the virus from spreading.
- hutzlibu 7y agoBut it slows it down, as people who do not have the symptoms also do not spread it so much as they do not sneeze. Also, what is the alternative? Quarantining everyone? That works only to a certain amount, before the system collapses.
- exegete 7y agoIt’s not about stopping the spread but slowing it so that medical resources aren’t overwhelmed.