Legitimate question: is it possible that the social distancing practices being put into place now will cause a serious decline in the number of normal flu deaths this year?
But best case scenario, could we still end up with fewer illness-related deaths in 2020 than usual if these measures are effective?
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Taken to the logical limit where we are all completely isolated, we can take virus deaths to 0. So its definitely possible - in theory - to have a better year than average if social distancing gets extreme
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I don't think our current measures are anywhere close to what's needed. For example, restaurants are open in New York
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