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We don’t even know what “cases” really means. So many people have been infected and not tested by this point. It is estimated over 200k have been infected in th
by nemo44x 7y ago
We don’t even know what “cases” really means. So many people have been infected and not tested by this point. It is estimated over 200k have been infected in the USA and have not required medical help or felt symptoms.
Italy has had a more rapid and intense breakout coupled with a vulnerable population and social customs that spread things more quickly.
I’m not British but their strategy of lock away the weak (old people and other vulnerable) and let the young/healthy take the brunt and burn the virus out is pretty smart. Unless in reinfected of course.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI'm not buying the British strategy. I feel they're trying to do a suicide burn[0][1]. But with insufficient testing coupled with all that's unknown about the virus - including how long the immunity lasts - I don't think they can control the infection rate anywhere near well enough to pull this off. -- [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22585289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22585289 [1] - https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/10307/what-is-a-suicide-burn https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/10307/what-is-a-su...
- nemo44x 7y agoPossibly. The question I ask when I see these graphs indicating “days behind Italy” is why is Italy ahead? As if cities like NYC didn’t have anyone from Wuhan enter while sick? We all had essentially the same “day 0”. We are moving much slower than Italy. There are other reasons (and not Italian incompetence) why they are in a greater crisis than others in the West. Most countries are well ahead of them in this regard. The UK strategy is sound in that you don’t need testing - the hospital numbers indicate and can be extrapolated.