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7y ago
Thanks for the info on R0! From wiki "What these thresholds will do is determine whether a disease will die out (if R0 < 1) or whether it may become epidemic (if R0 > 1), but they generally can not compare different diseases.&quo
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7y ago
I appreciate the correction from 99.9% to 97% survival rate for those under 70. Thank you for sharing the link to the imperial college article. Here are some of my key take aways: - 100,000's of people will still die even under ideal i
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7y ago
Your assumption seems we should spend an infinite amount of money keeping everyone alive. While admirable that is not the world we live in. Every day doctors, corporations, and politicians make decisions weighing how much to spend to keep
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7y ago
I agree a temporary reprieve of infections from isolation will happen and based on the type of pandemic isolations can be an appropriate response. What I haven't found is good evidence of what happens after isolation ends? Why won'
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7y ago
Not a sock-puppet. Where's the evidence isolations will flatten the curve and not just cause another spike of cases after isolation ends? Covid-19 isn't going to die out after a few weeks or months. Deaths are coming from ages 70+
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7y ago
The media/political response is a giant hoax. Read the source paper from the CDC our corporate and political leaders are using to justify the panic: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/rr/rr6601a1.ht