Here is what I don't understand: Wuhan was locked down at a few hundred confirmed cases, way too late and expensive, leading to 68K cases and 3K deaths. China learned the lesson and shut down other places much earlier, leading to <1.5K cases and <20 deaths in each. Why do we do?
Of course. If we don't contain it, 40%–80% may get infected, the resulting death rate will be 5%–6% (due to lack of medical resources), and 6.5M–16M people will die in the US. We will not let that happen. China, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore show that it can be stomped out.
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I think it's too early to say that they can not only contain but stomp it out. Time will tell. But maybe we will learn from it for next time. I don't think we can stop it anymore.
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