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Im curious how effective do you think a test and trace program is likely to be? It seems like the kind of thing that works in isolated cases where things aren'
by gotoeleven 6y ago
Im curious how effective do you think a test and trace program is likely to be? It seems like the kind of thing that works in isolated cases where things aren't yet widespread. Has it worked anywhere "at scale" ? And then even if it is implemented super well and everyone lets apple and google track them on their phones and stuff, how effective can it possibly be if symptom-free people can transmit it for weeks? One person who commutes on the subway in new york must come within 6' of hundreds maybe thousands of people every day. How can this possibly work? (Honestly asking)
- kazagistar 6y agoSouth Korea and a number of other countries have had real world success with it, and have been able to open up fairly safely. Of course, they had politicians who reacted quickly, firmly, universally, and most importantly early. In the USA, Corona was allowed to grow much much more and far fewer resources were brought to bear in an effective way against it. So its going to be much more difficult to get back under control, but not impossible, if we can turn it around. Whats really happening besides that though is that the world is watching the self proclaimed world leader be the least competent and most impotent in their response, and throw its hands up and give up on good strategies like contact tracing. Its embarrasing.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThis seems to be something Americans are scared of more than something that actually happens. Which ought to make sense; the average Californian's commentary on New York or Italy isn't "heh, sucks to suck".