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> Is he going for suppression? Is he going for mitigation? This is the factor that has been missing from all the reporting on this crises. The goal of suppress
by marktangotango 7y ago
> Is he going for suppression? Is he going for mitigation?
This is the factor that has been missing from all the reporting on this crises. The goal of suppressing the virus to zero and merely seeking mitigate the virus surge effect on available ICU beds leads to drastic differences in all metrics most notably “peak deaths”. If the goal is mitigation with rolling shutdowns, there will be many many more deaths. Virus suppression require several months of shutdown. This is the most basic result of the “models”.
None of the major outlets have reported on this at all.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoThe idea of suppressing the virus to zero just doesn't really exist outside of certain circles. Every government I'm aware of has acknowledged that there will be many more deaths, and all of my friends and family expect that.
- makomk 7y agoUnfortunately, those "certain circles" seem to include the World Health Organization...