"If you act today, you will have averted four times as many infections in the next month: roughly 2,400 averted infections, versus just 600 if you wait one week."https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/science/coronavirus-math-mitigation-distancing.html …
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Replying to @paulg
How about the long term. Is "acting" just pressing the pause button? And can the pause button be held down indefinitely? At 100k infections per day it would take many years until half of the world is immune. I wonder if we will have to hold down the pause button all this time.
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Replying to @marekgibney
I would guess that treatment will evolve rapidly.
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Replying to @paulg
If we expect a treatment or vaccine within the next weeks or months, that would indeed be a strong incentive for governments to step on the breaks now. And for individuals to delay risky behavior like traveling.
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Not a vaccine, but treatment for those who are already infected.
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