The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away(theatlantic.com)
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The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/coronavirus-will-never-go-away/614860/
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The frustrating thing is that with maximum global cooperation between every human on Earth, we could drive the virus extinct in humans in a matter of weeks, simply by stockpiling a little food and staying away from one another. Even with the rather mediocre social cohesion that even the best countries can manage, the R-value can at least be driven low enough to render trace-and-isolate strategies feasible, and the virus defeated within months for all practical purposes. But huge swathes of the planet are not even attempting to make even minimal gestures, and that makes victory impossible. This is a test of our ability to cooperate, a prisoner's dilemma; and a critical mass is defecting.
I believe this inability to act as one spells doom for humanity in the long run, unless we can improve.
I believe this inability to act as one spells doom for humanity in the long run, unless we can improve.
It's really hard to get cooperation of that scale for pretty much anything. You're asking billions of humans to self isolate for two weeks.
If we were dealing with Ebola it would have been easier to get people to self-isolate. But with a disease that has a 1-2% IFR it's going to be a lot harder to get that level of compliance. I agree that certain nations could have isolated better though.
If we were dealing with Ebola it would have been easier to get people to self-isolate. But with a disease that has a 1-2% IFR it's going to be a lot harder to get that level of compliance. I agree that certain nations could have isolated better though.
So Sweden is right? If so will all these pundits and journalists come back with an apologetic mea culpa?
If it’s never going away we have to start behaving like it and not continue lockdowns and SIPs and so on.
Masks, hygiene, distancing, stay home when sick, etc. but get people back in a groove. People cannot remain cooped up like livestock in a pen.
If it’s never going away we have to start behaving like it and not continue lockdowns and SIPs and so on.
Masks, hygiene, distancing, stay home when sick, etc. but get people back in a groove. People cannot remain cooped up like livestock in a pen.
Only if you can manage to do nothing and keep from flooding your healthcare system.
That sort of selfish asscovering attitude is exactly why it is becoming endemic.
Because countries have successfully contained it by taking it seriously and responding with adequate funding and measures. The far cheaper option long term. Meanwhile short sighted idiots caused thousands to die and then whine "it isn't my fault and it is so unfair that they are blaming me for the consequences of my actions"!
Because countries have successfully contained it by taking it seriously and responding with adequate funding and measures. The far cheaper option long term. Meanwhile short sighted idiots caused thousands to die and then whine "it isn't my fault and it is so unfair that they are blaming me for the consequences of my actions"!
I don't want to bash on Italy or Italians. (seems whatever Western country that had the first outbreak would have done the same) But those actions when there was available evidence showing how serious this could be still leave a sour taste in my mouth.