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Yet transmission has been suppressed in several countries in Asia.

• esailija 7y ago
  It can be physically done yes but it cannot be done because of political and cultural issues. A critical mass of people will continue thinking it's less serious than the flu (these retracted studies not helping it) until it gets so bad that it becomes impossible (e.g. everyone knows someone they really care about who died). That's when proper lockdowns are politically possible.
• SpicyLemonZest 7y ago
  It has, but nobody really knows why they've been successful. The people who say it's just testing and contact tracing are misleading. Sweden was testing and contact tracing, like most countries were, but it failed to contain the virus. And we should be cautious about even the idea that they've been successful; people used to believe Japan and Signapore had contained it too.
  • DiogenesKynikos 7y ago
    > nobody really knows why they've been successful It's not much of a mystery. The lockdown was much more complete, and was accompanied by additional measures to separate and quarantine sick people. There message wasn't, "Stay home if you're sick (and infect your families, and maybe your neighbors too)." Sick people quarantined apart from their families. People went door to door to measure temperatures. Food was delivered to neighborhoods, so that people didn't have to go out at all. That's how they brought the number of active cases to a low, manageable number. Now, they have extensive testing, and they use cell phone data to assist contact tracing. Basically, what's needed is a capacity for organization and discipline that seems lacking in many countries that are struggling.
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• buboard 7y ago
  and australia, eastern europe etc