Close Seattle schools now.
"closing schools during the midst of a pandemic may contribute to as much as a 15% reduction in cases and up to a 40% reduction in peak attack rates."
This would buy us precious time to develop and mass distribute vaccines.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.w1066 …
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Healthcare staff unable to work because they need to look after a child that would otherwise be in school.
Yes, there will be issues, but other countries are doing this and containing and delaying the disease. We need emergency economic aid. The two richest men in the world live in the Seattle area. Money shouldn't not be a deterrent to a public health crisis.https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1235569107837300736 …
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The point is: even with all the issues both of you raised, closing schools would significantly save lives and slow the transmission of this virus.
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Also (via
@V2019N's bio): "Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything we do after will seem inadequate" -M. Leavitt
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100% agree. But it's going to be shitty no matter what. Poor folks will suffer and die the most if we don't get this under control.
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