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How long does this go on for? Realistically we can't just live with the world shut down (can we?) with a vaccine far off, this can't be the new normal?

• freeone3000 7y ago
  I think we're about to find out very quickly exactly how much labor is nonessential.
  • ken 7y ago
    We’re going to find out which can work remotely. The “I can haz cheeseburger”s will survive while every arts organization goes under.
• marcosdumay 7y ago
  This goes on until enough people gets the disease to that natural contamination is slow enough not to overwhelm the health care infrastructure. I don't think anybody can give you any actual number. But it's not hard to test a sample of people and determine the virus rate of spread, so we will know it when it happens.
• pbourke 7y ago
  If you do it properly (flattening the curve), it takes longer than getting hit with the full-height wave. You have to “keep your foot on the brakes” until the disease is no longer a threat. Take a look at countries where there is success - Taiwan, Mainland China outside Hubei, HK, Singapore, SK - they must keep whatever countermeasures are working for them in place to some degree or risk another wave of infections. I think the culture of wearing masks really helps, despite the public messaging to the contrary. It seems like it would be good if mask manufacturing spins up enough to totally saturate the world over the next few months, and western cultures get over themselves and start making it common to wear them in public.