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Arguing against the short term effectiveness of lockdowns is like arguing against physics. If on average the number of people a person come in contact with decr
by bigpumpkin 6y ago
Arguing against the short term effectiveness of lockdowns is like arguing against physics. If on average the number of people a person come in contact with decreases, it will definitely decrease the infection rate.
The long term effect is arguable since we don't know if we can prevent the majority of people from getting infected.
- mkolodny 6y ago> The long term effect is arguable since we don't know if we can prevent the majority of people from getting infected. That's why the phrase "slow the spread" makes sense. Even if we can't prevent people from getting infected eventually, we can slow the spread enough that hospitals can handle incoming patients. If everyone gets infected at the same time, there won't be enough ventilators to treat everyone.