Incredible detail in this FT story: up until last week, the UK was basing its coronavirus control policy on a model based on hospitalisation rates for a different disease with lower rates of intensive care need than coronavirus
No time to read the whole thing yet, so I'm not sure of the exact terms they use. But in China three prongs were necessary
- containment (no traffic into/out of affected cities)
- social isolation (ie everyone stays at home as far as possible)
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