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Aren't we in panic mode measures already? I'm not sure there's much more most countries can realistically implement even if there's a 10x more lethal variant.
by howlgarnish 6y ago
Aren't we in panic mode measures already? I'm not sure there's much more most countries can realistically implement even if there's a 10x more lethal variant.
- meddlepal 6y agoI think Parents point was that eventually we will have to give up on panic mode and accept deaths from this each year.
- the8472 6y agoDuring initial containment china welded apartments shut and organized essentials deliveries by dedicated couriers for each city block. And then there's the option of military-enforced cordons. There are multiple levels of panic left untapped.
- howlgarnish 6y agoThat's why I said "most countries", because in (say) the US the government couldn't pull that off even if they tried. (For one thing, it's hard to weld shut suburban housing.)
- nicoburns 6y agoPerhaps, but if the virus was as transmissible as sars-cov-2, but had a much higher fatality rate (say 60% like Ebola). Then you would get a lot more support for strict measures amongst the general population.
- dnautics 6y agoI said "not lockdowns". I meant things like "strip down the phase testing" etc. I see no evidence we are doing that.