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The CDC link is interesting stuff I haven't read before, but where does it say the acceleration phase stops before it reaches a significant percentage of the po

• 40four 7y ago
  Yeah, that CDC page is one of the best resources I’ve seen. Explains everyone great detail. I didn’t mean to make it sound like it happens naturally. I imagine it probably only happens through human intervention. It just says ” The duration and severity of each phase can vary depending on the characteristics of the virus and the public health response. So, as we are entering the early stages, the public health response in the US right now is massive. Unlike anything most of us have seen in our lifetime. Except for the west coast, NYC, and a few others, the spread so far is still very low. Knowing that, and now seeing China enter deceleration, gives me hope we will minimize the duration and severity of the outbreak. But on the other hand, I am more worried about the economic fallout. The aggressive response with isolation & canceling events, may be necessary, but it will cause many businesses to fail and many folks to lose their jobs.
  • laputan_machine 7y ago
    There is nothing more important than human life.
    • Robin_Message 7y ago
      That is certainly true, but the economy is connected to human life, in obvious (food to eat, medical insurance) and non-obvious ways (e.g. job loss linked to suicide https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/11/unemployment-causes-45000-suicides-a-year-worldwide-finds-study https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/11/unemployment... ) So just stopping economic activity also has health downsides.
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