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> The time to take drastic measures was a month ago, when the spread from Italy could have been contained. IMO, I don't think it could have even been contained
by matwood 7y ago
> The time to take drastic measures was a month ago, when the spread from Italy could have been contained.
IMO, I don't think it could have even been contained then. Once this thing left China, the genie was out of the bottle. Now, the rest of the world is just trying to manage the spread best they can by 'flattening the curve.' Which, as you mention, is really going to end up with the plan the Brits said out loud.
I wonder how long it will take everyone else to catch on that the Brits plan is happening regardless?
- QuesnayJr 7y agoIt was definitely controllable after it left China, as we can see from the fact that countries such as South Korea have managed to control it. European countries were completely unprepared for it, despite the fact that SARS should have been a warning call. (I assume that's why South Korea was ready for it.) It was partially a cultural failure -- I know several Chinese students living in Europe who thought the European reaction was insane -- and partially a government failure. European government should have started reacting months ago stockpiling supplies such as masks and tests. A widespread testing regime should have been in place. Travel back and forth to Italy should have been curtailed much earlier, rather than people traipsing back and forth on holiday, and people who did travel should have been tracked as much as possible.