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If social distancing can bring the number of cases down to a manageable level, you can switch to a traditional public health approach: Test anyone showing sympt
by cperciva 7y ago
If social distancing can bring the number of cases down to a manageable level, you can switch to a traditional public health approach: Test anyone showing symptoms, and aggressively trace and test any contacts of known cases.
- martokus 7y agoWouldn't they be afraid that if the rules are relaxed the single cases would spiral up and start it all over again?
- cperciva 7y agoIf you can identify the remaining cases and isolate them, you're fine. The danger is that some cases slip through the contact tracing procedure (e.g. the identified patient forgot about someone they were in contact with) which is why you also want to aggressively test anyone presenting with symptoms.
- fspeech 7y agoYou also need universal mask wearing. South Korea had a huge cluster, but mask wearing practice saved it from spiraling out of control.