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Quick question ... wouldn't a more appropriate response be to self quarantine those age groups most at risk?
by pgrote 7y ago
Quick question ... wouldn't a more appropriate response be to self quarantine those age groups most at risk?
- robjan 7y agoPeople who are less at risk of complications have the same / more (because they survive and are more active) risk of spreading the illness.
- mumblemumble 7y agoPeople who are more at risk can't necessarily self-quarantine as effectively, because the same factors that put them at risk tend to also mean they require more care from (and therefore contact with) others. It's like the flu shot. One big reason to get the flu shot every year, even if you never get the flu, is because controlling it needs to be a community effort. A big vector for seasonal flu is young, healthy people with subclinical infections. They never develop any symptoms, or maybe think it's just a cold, so they keep circulating in public and blithely spreading it to others.