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It will most definitely reduce the number of infections. It allows us to reach the point of where measures like test-and-trace become possible after a smaller n
by DagAgren 6y ago
It will most definitely reduce the number of infections. It allows us to reach the point of where measures like test-and-trace become possible after a smaller number of infections, and those measures can further suppress and even eradicate the disease before it manages to infect everyone.
- nradov 6y agoTesting and tracing would have been a great idea in February when the outbreak could still be contained. Now it's gone too far for that to be practical. So we're likely to end up with ~70% infected eventually (approximate herd immunity limit), it's just a question of when.
- DagAgren 6y agoThat is the whole point of lockdowns, to bring the outbreak down enough that these methods are reasonable again.
- nradov 6y agoYou missed the point. Now that infections have spread so far, the level of lockdowns that would be necessary to bring the outbreak down to that level aren't even possible in an open society. But it will be a good approach to try during the early stage of the next pandemic.
- zimpenfish 6y agoI admire your optimism that the people in charge might learn from this when they clearly haven't[1] from the last few. [1] Excepting places like Taiwan, etc., who clearly did learn.