FWIW, I submitted this earlier today: When an epidemic outbreak such H1N1, Zika or SARS viruses occurs, containment measures may seem to be the most reasonable

FWIW, I submitted this earlier today: When an epidemic outbreak such H1N1, Zika or SARS viruses occurs, containment measures may seem to be the most reasonable solution. However, an EPFL study casts doubt on that idea, showing that such measures make a society less resilient and less able to return to pre-epidemic economic and social conditions. The study, published in Nature Scientific Reports, coincides with another publication on the same subject but based on other mathematical models, published in Nature Physics in December. That study also compared the advantages of containment measures with those of non-intervention, and reached the same conclusion: Preventing travel and social interactions is not always the best way to deal with an epidemic outbreak. https://phys.org/news/2018-01-epidemics.html https://phys.org/news/2018-01-epidemics.html