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I would look at it this way - I've read several times that COVID is ten times as lethal as the flu; therefore it seems reasonable to me to take precautions that

I would look at it this way - I've read several times that COVID is ten times as lethal as the flu; therefore it seems reasonable to me to take precautions that prevent 90% of cases and not worry about the remaining 10%.

s1artibartfast 7y ago
another way to look at it that COVID has a R0 variously reported between 2 and 5. Taking the upper bound, if everyone reduced their pre-pandemic contact by 80% the virus will go into exponential decline.