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If you don't control a disease, the default assumption is that it infects a substantial fraction of the whole human population. In almost all examples in human
by knzhou 7y ago
If you don't control a disease, the default assumption is that it infects a substantial fraction of the whole human population.
In almost all examples in human history, whenever a disease stopped, it was either because it burned through most of humanity, or because people decided to make it stop. They don't stop themselves.
- jki275 7y agoThat's a ridiculous assumption. You're pretending we live in the 1400s. We don't. You're pretending we will take no measures to control this at all. That's simply not the case.
- astronautjones 7y ago> You're pretending we will take no measures to control this at all. That's simply not the case. the US gov't has spent the last 1.5 months doing nothing to contain this at all. ending flights from europe isn't going to do anything to help if they aren't testing people and preventing spread inside the country
- jki275 7y agoIt hasn't existed in the US for the last 1.5 months. We are testing people, and we are doing quite a bit to prevent spread inside of the country and out.
- gwicks56 7y agofirst case was Jan 21st apparently[1] [1]https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa-coronavirus/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa-coronavirus/