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If you don't do what China or South Korea did, we're not "going to be fine". The US handling of this is extremely poor. One shouldn't give the people false hope

If you don't do what China or South Korea did, we're not "going to be fine". The US handling of this is extremely poor. One shouldn't give the people false hope.

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v64 7y ago
This was my initial reaction, but it seems that he came to this conclusion after analyzing the numbers in other countries as well. > He analyzed 78 countries with more than 50 reported cases of COVID-19 every day and sees “signs of recovery.” He’s not looking at cumulative cases, but the number of new cases every day — and the percentage growth in that number from one day to the next. > Levitt acknowledges that his figures are messy, and that the official case counts in many areas are too low because testing is spotty. But even with incomplete data, “a consistent decline means there’s some factor at work that is not just noise in the numbers,” he said.
forgingahead 7y ago
I also don't think you (and others) should be gleefully clutching pearls for too long just yet. Yes, western governments have been woefully unprepared and very slapshot in their response to this. Yes, valuable time was wasted. But please avoid the trap the media wants to drown us all in, that of despair and permanent anxiety. We will solve this, one way or another. It won't be easy, and there will be a ton of pain (a lot of which is already being felt). But a solution will be found (my best guess: probably a vaccine in the medium to long run, and in the short to medium term stronger testing and isolation regimes to let us get back to some semblance of normal life again)
- pavas 7y ago
  Beating this thing requires sacrifice and it seems very few people are willing to voluntarily do it. There is no reason to despair or panic or be anxious if you are following the proper precautions to prevent its spread. I think there is just cause for spreading fear until people get it into their heads that this is serious and behave accordingly, at which point the focus needs to switch towards keeping people optimistic and healthy in isolation without social interaction. The alternative is millions of deaths and a collapse of our medical system.
nate_meurer 7y ago
China and S. Korea did very different things. It appears likely that only China needed to do what China did, and that the rest of the world can kill off this pandemic with less draconian measures. In the U.S., our nearly complete lack of leadership at the federal level set us back by at least a month, but state and local governments are catching up fast.

If you don't do what China or South Korea did, we're not "going to be fine". The US handling of this is extremely poor. One shouldn't give the people false hope.

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v64 7y ago

This was my initial reaction, but it seems that he came to this conclusion after analyzing the numbers in other countries as well. > He analyzed 78 countries with more than 50 reported cases of COVID-19 every day and sees “signs of recovery.” He’s not looking at cumulative cases, but the number of new cases every day — and the percentage growth in that number from one day to the next. > Levitt acknowledges that his figures are messy, and that the official case counts in many areas are too low because testing is spotty. But even with incomplete data, “a consistent decline means there’s some factor at work that is not just noise in the numbers,” he said.

forgingahead 7y ago

I also don't think you (and others) should be gleefully clutching pearls for too long just yet. Yes, western governments have been woefully unprepared and very slapshot in their response to this. Yes, valuable time was wasted. But please avoid the trap the media wants to drown us all in, that of despair and permanent anxiety. We will solve this, one way or another. It won't be easy, and there will be a ton of pain (a lot of which is already being felt). But a solution will be found (my best guess: probably a vaccine in the medium to long run, and in the short to medium term stronger testing and isolation regimes to let us get back to some semblance of normal life again)

pavas 7y ago
Beating this thing requires sacrifice and it seems very few people are willing to voluntarily do it. There is no reason to despair or panic or be anxious if you are following the proper precautions to prevent its spread. I think there is just cause for spreading fear until people get it into their heads that this is serious and behave accordingly, at which point the focus needs to switch towards keeping people optimistic and healthy in isolation without social interaction. The alternative is millions of deaths and a collapse of our medical system.

nate_meurer 7y ago

China and S. Korea did very different things. It appears likely that only China needed to do what China did, and that the rest of the world can kill off this pandemic with less draconian measures. In the U.S., our nearly complete lack of leadership at the federal level set us back by at least a month, but state and local governments are catching up fast.