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0 pointsDanBC6y ago0 comments

> Nobody seems to know what is being done with the time we're 'buying'.

You're allowing people to get infected, but reducing the rate at which they get infected, thus allowing your healthcare system to cope with the demand while the rest of society slowly builds immunity.

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40four6y ago· 1 in thread

Yeah, I just wish we were doing it it a more precise way. Ramp up the more aggressive measures only in the areas seeing acceleration.

My girlfriend’s brother in-law owns a large, successful restaurant in the city next door. They city has only 1 confirmed case, and that guy got it from traveling to Italy. Still the governor threw a blanket ban on restaurant dining rooms, and they are forced to lay off most of their workforce.

I doubt his business will fail, but he told me he already knew of two other restaurants in the city that already went out of business because of such low traffic even before the lockdown. Seems like we should implement these bans in a more targeted way.

newtoday6y ago

Your aprocach in this is the problem. Your girlfriend's bother in law's customers and staff, on the way to that establishment, and within, could easily be spreading the virus. Untested, without symptoms, simply going about their usual lives. This is why we're seeing tested cases in the US (now that there's tests) rise so suddenly. There is no 'only 1 person has it in a town). That was my town yesterday, with only one case, and then bam, more people got tested.

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