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Hey - owner of the model in question here. The idea here is to buy time; time to roll out testing (so only those that test positive need to isolate), prepare be
by maxwhenderson 7y ago
Hey - owner of the model in question here. The idea here is to buy time; time to roll out testing (so only those that test positive need to isolate), prepare beds and ventilators, and develop therapeutics (vaccines are likely quite a bit farther off).
- vlozko 7y agoThe frustrating challenge to this is how long symptoms take to appear. Isolation will stop the spread from the individual but only after the virus has been spread around quite a bit already. So, sure, much of what you said about localized preparedness will need to happen but we won’t be able to do the kinds of things we did with diseases like Ebola to limit its spread.
- nomel 7y agoOne study shows around 18% of those that test positive show no symptoms [1]. Perhaps this reduces the infection rate. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/03/18/what-percentage-have-covid-19-coronavirus-but-do-not-know-it/#7a5c90187e90 https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/03/18/what-percen...