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As far as I'm concerned, no, it hasn't. Writing from Serbia. At this point we're at around 105 confirmed ill, 0 deaths. My fiancée is an MD directly involved i
by salex89 7y ago
As far as I'm concerned, no, it hasn't.
Writing from Serbia. At this point we're at around 105 confirmed ill, 0 deaths. My fiancée is an MD directly involved in trying to contain the spread. In out of the ordinary conditions people just lose common sense. Just think about driving in the rain. That's relatively benign, but when raining I just can't fathom sometimes WTF I'm seeing. Imagine something like a pandemic with yet unknown consequences and spread trend. We've seen hoarding, conflict, disregard towards public health, panic, leisure, the works...
The current action items are:
- No going outside for anyone older than 65
- Curfew from 20:00 to 05:00, with a possibility to prolong it
- Closed borders
- Airports shut down
- No transportation between cities
- Heavily limited public gathering
- Military given law enforcement jurisdiction over civilians
- Schools and universities shut down
And you know what, even with this measures (although I think they are late), it's still very hard to put sense into people and grab this thing by its neck.
Disclaimer:
These measures are controversial in the country, because of the current (autocratic/oligarchic, opaque) political setup, which I am not fond of. There is a lack of transparency in this situation, also. But would I choose any different if asked ? Probably no.
- forkexec 7y agoYes. I don't think most people understand or respect the danger. When 10M-100M of people's lives are at risk, economic considerations must take a back seat to taking extreme/difficult measures that may seem like too much. It's better to overdo it and look overreacting than fail to take actions that could've saved many people's lives.
- majkinetor 7y agoCarantine has its own down sides. It may very well finish as worst solution. Massive H1N1 vaccination decade ago also had its own problem [1] and we are talking here about bunch of other things: effects on economy, domestic violence, etc. [1]: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/07/why-pandemic-flu-shot-caused-narcolepsy https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/07/why-pandemic-flu-sho...