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Good. Now all of America needs to do this at the same time for about 3 weeks. Then we need to have infrastructure to trace, track down, and quarantine any rema
by woofie11 7y ago
Good. Now all of America needs to do this at the same time for about 3 weeks.
Then we need to have infrastructure to trace, track down, and quarantine any remaining cases like Korea.
- rubidium 7y agoMany small businesses esp. in hospitality have to fire most of their staff because of this. It’s not a trivial thing to do, and only worthwhile when the infection/death rate starts climbing. Rural areas and smaller cities are pretty safe if social distancing is used effectively. They don’t yet need to resort to these drastic measures.
- carapace 7y agoThis is the time to resort to drastic measures to prevent drastic consequences. Have you seen this from 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg "Exponential growth and epidemics" ?
- woofie11 7y agoIf you delay, the only thing that happens is you need to resort to drastic measures for longer, more people die, and more economic damage happens. The trick is to manage the economic implications. The government can hire those people, pay people to stay home, or whatever else. It will lead to inflation, but that's better than a million deaths.