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The Chinese, the South Koreans and the New Zealanders managed to eradicate coronaplague through good old epidemiological detective work. It's looking good in th
by HarryHirsch 6y ago
The Chinese, the South Koreans and the New Zealanders managed to eradicate coronaplague through good old epidemiological detective work. It's looking good in the European countries, too, number of new infections declining. Why isn't this discussed in the context of the US?
(Answer: you'd need proper testing, paid sick leave and especially paid quarantine, but that kind of public health measures is politically unthinkable. My institution "recommends" quarantine for potentially exposed workers, and that isn't enough.)
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe Chinese and the South Koreans did not eradicate it and do not expect they'll be able to. 100 million people are under lockdown orders in China right now.
- HarryHirsch 6y agoThe number of new infections in South Korea is low, and I fully expect the Koreans to squash any new clusters that may appear. It helps that the population is onboard with the public health measures; when they had that cluster that originated in a nightspot they promptly shut down nightspots again, and that didn't trigger protests. The Chinese have that problem with their porous border with Russia and North Korea, where the pestilence is uncontrolled. It's a continuous source of new cases, but I expect that these will not spread far.