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When people break not when policy dictates. People get complacent once numbers go down and there seems like containment which looks to be happening in Korean an
by dirtyid 7y ago
When people break not when policy dictates. People get complacent once numbers go down and there seems like containment which looks to be happening in Korean and Hong Kong.
Young adults living in cramped share houses in a city aren't going to stay in for the summer or go celibate for the months decision makers are thinking. At least in dense urban areas, there's too much quality of life disparities for long term behavior change like this to be feasible.
IMO Social distancing is to buy a few precious months max for logistics and medical system to prepare. Pretty soon economic stress exceeds fear of the disease. The financial aid package in most of the countries that can afford it leaves a lot of people behind.