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> I know hn doesn't like sarcasm, but saying that infection level off after 10-20% "naturally" after the world experienced the biggest lockdown since the spani
by ajsnigrutin 6y ago
> I know hn doesn't like sarcasm, but saying that infection level off after 10-20% "naturally" after the world experienced the biggest lockdown since the spanish flu, is like saying the fire I saw on the news was extinguished because I took a pee at the same time.
The weird thing is, that after reopening many thing/services in many places, there were very rarely any new spikes in new cases. We've all been expecting a spike after every measure being removed, and it hasn't happened in most countries (it's probably too soon to speak about the effect of protests in the USA, but we'll see that soon too).
- jnxx 6y ago> The weird thing is, that after reopening many thing/services in many places, there were very rarely any new spikes in new cases. We've all been expecting a spike after every measure being removed, and it hasn't happened in most countries I think at least part of the people keep distancing to some degree, and even if that does not prevent a new spike or outbreak completely, it slows it spread. That's another critical difference to the Spanish Flu: Spread is much much slower. With the flu, most people become ill and infectious within one day. If that were a dangerous flu pandemic, the world would have had less than two weeks to shut down most cities.
- ido 6y agoHere in Germany there has been a lot of lifting of restrictions for weeks now but still everyone wears masks in shops/transit & a lot of people work from home (that didn't before). No large gatherings (like concerts or conferences) & international travel is a small fraction of what it was pre-corona. So I can imagine there's a large effect still of even these milder (and partially voluntary) measures.
- blendergeek 6y agoHave you checked out Florida, Arizona, or California lately?