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They didn't have the internet. Speed of information is incredible these days. It's feasible to message the blimp that quarantine is recommended, something Rome

They didn't have the internet. Speed of information is incredible these days. It's feasible to message the blimp that quarantine is recommended, something Rome lacked.

pdonis 4y ago
> It's feasible to message the blimp that quarantine is recommended It's just as feasible to message an airplane, so again I don't see how limiting the speed of travel is what needs to be done. What needs to be done is to use the speed of information to enable people to take appropriate action. Unfortunately, our society's institutions massively screwed this up. They were telling us in February 2020 that COVID wasn't a big deal, no need to worry, go about your business as usual--at exactly the time when, as we now know in hindsight, we should have been doing things like shutting down international travel and quarantining people who were entering countries until the incubation period had passed. Fortunately for my wife and me, we didn't buy the story we were being told and started taking our own personal precautions months before any so-called experts were recommending it.
- nradov 4y ago
  None of that would have helped anyway. Highly contagious respiratory viruses can't be contained.
  - ravel-bar-foo 4y ago
    They can't be contained, but time can be bought to develop a vaccine, and that time is measured in lives. With fully closed borders, Australia and NZ managed to have no increase in overall mortality. South Korea didn't even close borders, just imposed entry quarantines with strong test and trace, and was able to obtain a much lower net mortality than North America and Europe also.
    - kyleee 4y ago
      just to note; fully closing borders was not possible for most countries, so while it may help, it was never realistic
      - ravel-bar-foo 4y ago
        Sure, but every barrier to movement reduces transmissions, makes contact tracing easier, and buys more time for vaccine distribution.

They didn't have the internet. Speed of information is incredible these days. It's feasible to message the blimp that quarantine is recommended, something Rome lacked.

pdonis 4y ago

> It's feasible to message the blimp that quarantine is recommended It's just as feasible to message an airplane, so again I don't see how limiting the speed of travel is what needs to be done. What needs to be done is to use the speed of information to enable people to take appropriate action. Unfortunately, our society's institutions massively screwed this up. They were telling us in February 2020 that COVID wasn't a big deal, no need to worry, go about your business as usual--at exactly the time when, as we now know in hindsight, we should have been doing things like shutting down international travel and quarantining people who were entering countries until the incubation period had passed. Fortunately for my wife and me, we didn't buy the story we were being told and started taking our own personal precautions months before any so-called experts were recommending it.

nradov 4y ago
None of that would have helped anyway. Highly contagious respiratory viruses can't be contained.
- ravel-bar-foo 4y ago
  They can't be contained, but time can be bought to develop a vaccine, and that time is measured in lives. With fully closed borders, Australia and NZ managed to have no increase in overall mortality. South Korea didn't even close borders, just imposed entry quarantines with strong test and trace, and was able to obtain a much lower net mortality than North America and Europe also.
  - kyleee 4y ago
    just to note; fully closing borders was not possible for most countries, so while it may help, it was never realistic
    - ravel-bar-foo 4y ago
      Sure, but every barrier to movement reduces transmissions, makes contact tracing easier, and buys more time for vaccine distribution.