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How does early translate to short?

• thefounder 6y ago
  If you take preventive measures less people get infected thus less time required to stop the virus spreading.
  • OJFord 6y ago
    And unless you fully close borders (which very few countries have done) that won't be short, unless all you wanted was to delay.
    • thefounder 6y ago
      Sure, now that the borders are closed, let's send everyone back to work and see how the works out! Maybe some political rethoric will keep people safe from contagion. If it doesn't work we can always blame EU or China. I guess that was the plan from the begining anyway.
      • OJFord 6y ago
        Not now, I meant in your hypothetical 'lock down early before you have it (or much of it)' scenario. Without also fully closing the borders or staying locked down, that doesn't work.
        • mytailorisrich 6y ago
          Well the borders are pretty much closed at the moment. Anyway, if the lockdown is strict then the few people coming in are not going to infect anyone. There's also the possibility to enforce a strict quarantine on arrival. The key issue, I think is that the lockdown has been lax. Just look at the curve in the UK vs. France/Italy/Spain.
      • lostlogin 6y ago
        Your first sentence is what New Zealand is doing. The rest we are not, but you can check in soon and see what the result has been.
• lostlogin 6y ago
  It translates to short because community outbreaks are limited or nonexistent. New Zealand is coming out of lockdown tomorrow after 6 weeks. Borders will remain more or less closed. This is a shorter lockdown than most have needed.