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We also had China set the tone with the largest quarantine in history. Leaders are looking at the precedent on how to act.
by piyh 7y ago
We also had China set the tone with the largest quarantine in history. Leaders are looking at the precedent on how to act.
- nostromo 7y agoThat is very true. Keep in mind the original SARS had a death rate of 10%, so obviously there was a tremendous amount of fear that this new related virus would be similarly lethal.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Leaders are looking at the precedent on how to act. No, they aren't US policy of suppression was an abrupt policy turn that came with this report: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196234/covid19-imperial-researchers-model-likely-impact/ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196234/covid19-imperial-rese... The Chinese example didn't change overnight, the information available about predicted outcomes of different policy approaches in the US and UK did, and that's what drove policy change, including the Trump Administration flipping from claiming it was a hoax cooked up by political opponents to treating it as a serious issue.