1. Things look grim now but there is one path forward: free widespread testing until a vaccine is found. If we have a universal testing system, it should be possible to both contain the virus and have a functioning economy. This post explains the logic:https://medium.com/@yishan/free-widespread-testing-is-the-only-way-america-goes-back-to-normal-952ee9201dd …
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3. The alternative to free widespread testing is a lockdown that lasts 12-18 months (or more). That is bad not just for economic reasons but psychological ones. It would be traumatic for wide swaths of the population (particularly the most vulnerable).
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4. This really does seem like the only way forward -- although it requires a level of state competence that hasn't been on much display in all countries. I recommend this article to policy makers.
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5. I recommend this article to policy makers and would welcome any comments on the the ideas.
@gmbutts@BernieSanders@AOChttps://medium.com/@yishan/free-widespread-testing-is-the-only-way-america-goes-back-to-normal-952ee9201dd …Show this thread
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South Korea charged if you had no symptoms, I am told!
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That's a failure in their otherwise good system.
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One problem. Our government is incapable of organizing free wide-spread testing.
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Not just that village, but the Veneto region in which that village is located
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South Korea has run 300,000 tests for its 52 million residents, which means (at most) 0.6% of South Koreans have been tested. The Italian village tested every resident twice. These are not the same models.
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Yes. Can’t understand why U.S. isn’t moving rapidly to mass testing and tracking. This is the ONLY way to avoid an Economic Depression.
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