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1/ When @nytimes senior health reporter Donald McNeil Jr writes, consider it mandatory reading.
This piece about what Asian countries did right to stop #covid19 - China, South Korea, Singapore etc- is both shocking, and incredible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/health/coronavirus-restrictions-us.html …
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9/ The public engagement, especially in China, was remarkable as well. It was truly a “all hands on deck” effort. The government literally started a “Fight On, Wuhan! Fight On, China!” campaign. 40,000 workers were sent to Wuhan to help after it was put in lockdown.
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10/ Lockdowns were also different. In China, this was done quickly and completely. Take Wuhan for example. The entire city was shutdown when there were only 500 cases and 17 deaths. Here, things have moved much slower, and interstate travel continues despite many more cases.
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11/ Ultimately, we are not China, South Korea, Singapore etc We are where we are & who we are. But this doesn't mean we can't do more, or move faster, both in the government and in the hospital. And while we preserve our individual rights, we need to use them the right way.
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Sir, I humbly object to that. Masks are not intended to save everyone else around, they are intended to protect the sick from getting sicker. I AM NOT a M.D. but I know just enough of them including my sister to know the truth.
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You put the mask on the patient, to protect the people around them. If everybody wears a mask, transmission will go down in the general public.
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can agree more. the western doctor are giving advice for flu, while we are facing something of an unknown. 75%+ or the carriers are spreading the virus unknowingly, and masks while not 100% foolproof can at least cut that figure down drastically.
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