I saw a graph that was widely distributed two months ago on what happens to the corona spread correlated to people adhering to lockdowns.
The jist of it was;
If 90% of people adhere, it goes within three months.
If 80% adhere, it drops down significantly and starts to Peter out at the back end of 2020.
If 70% adhere, it keeps spreading but at a controlled rate where it doesn't go berserk and take over the country, but isn't eradicated in any way.
Sounds logical. 90% is probably the highest any society can hope to achieve because 10% of wokers will always be essential (healthcare, food services, police, support staff).
Where I live I would say we are between the 70-80% mark just hazarding a guess.
As much as I question lockdowns, I wish the USA could just agree to lockdown all but essential business until August and then we might see the back of this thing. I fear we are going to be fighting this thing for years at the rate we are going. That being said, my area has had very few cases (96) and currently has nobody hospitalized.
The other option is to do nothing and just move on with those who survive.
Either option seems better than a half-arsed lockdown where you get the worst of both worlds - lack of freedom and deaths.
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Interesting polling data from the US. The lockdown and social distancing are both massively popular amongst rural Americans as well as non-college educated white Americans - both heavily pro-Trump groups. About 75% of both groups (and Americans overall) view the lockdowns as appropriate and necessary.
The other option is to do nothing and just move on with those who survive.
Thats not an option at all. At least not yet. What happens if 10 or 25% of our doctors and nurses end up not surviving since they have the greatest exposure? Society would literally go back to the dark ages in terms of healthcare.
What happens if a large number of teachers or farmers succumb.
If a year goes by, and we are nowhere near a vaccine or control of the spread of COVID and the economy is in shambles then it may be time to revisit and figure out if we bite the bullet and just let it spread to all to weed out those who won't survive. But even then, its still not confirmed that infection and recovery results in immunity so that may not work either.
The other option is to do nothing and just move on with those who survive.
Thats not an option at all. At least not yet. What happens if 10 or 25% of our doctors and nurses end up not surviving since they have the greatest exposure? Society would literally go back to the dark ages in terms of healthcare.
What happens if a large number of teachers or farmers succumb.
If a year goes by, and we are nowhere near a vaccine or control of the spread of COVID and the economy is in shambles then it may be time to revisit and figure out if we bite the bullet and just let it spread to all to weed out those who won't survive. But even then, its still not confirmed that infection and recovery results in immunity so that may not work either.
I agree, currently this should not be an option. It will only become an option if this drags on for years. If children can't go to school for one or two years that will doom education for an entire generation of children.
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I don’t think education will suffer greatly. With the rise of online courses and Academies kids will not miss much in terms of academic learning. They will suffer from the social isolation however as will everyone else.
Some more promising data.
The US state of Georgia was one of the first to open up for business some 3 weeks ago. And new cases are actually slightly lower (6% decrease). If this holds, there is some light at the end of the tunnel.
Here’s to hoping international cricket and the NBA can return before the new year.
Funny thing is, I see some people on social media actually disappointed that numbers are holding steady or even falling in states that opened early like Georgia and Florida. I guess some actually like pandemics? Or they are just upset their predictions were wrong?
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