So, everyone's freaked out by those viral articles written by a tech guy arguing that there are hundreds of thousands/millions of CURRENT coronavirus cases in the US and we're all going to die
Let's look at some of the issues that make these articles nonsense 
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The proposed plan ~might~ work, but it would take MUCH longer than he's suggesting Even with a massive intervention, it would take months, not weeks, to control the epidemic
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The idea that, after as little as 3 weeks, we could go back to normal is just laughable and displays a deep ignorance of how this epidemic is likely to run
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After 3 weeks, China was still seeing large rates of transmission even with a lockdown the likes of which the US isn't even contemplating
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And now, a month on from THAT - the 7 weeks quoted as the maximum that this would need to run in the article's fanciful scenario - China is worried about undoing the quarantine because of the certainty of future outbreaks
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Yes, even with massive, medieval mitigation strategies, China can't lift all of the bans because then people would move around and suddenly you've got more infections springing up everywhere again
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Even if we destroy the economy and close everything down, it's not going to be a nice month-long break from reality We need to be realistic and understand this is probably going to be a long haul
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Now, thing is, I don't entirely disagree with the systems engineer on every point He's right that we need to do something He's right that the US is not doing nearly enough He's just wrong about most other things
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