Yes. Mayor @LondonBreed, when all SFBA hospitals are over capacity and there are simply no more ventilators for critical patients, every one of your constituents who is mum today will be asking themselves what more could have been done. Close the schools sooner rather than later.https://twitter.com/jenalden/status/1237183189241618432 …
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Replying to @webdevMason @LondonBreed
Closing schools is probably the right call. My worry is the cascade that happens after: parents have to stay home to supervise kids, which means production shocks, which amplify down the supply chain. We should put lives before stuff, but the collateral damage will be huge.
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Replying to @asglidden @LondonBreed
I think it's likely that the schools won't close until the hospital infrastructure is already visibly overwhelmed (or close) and excess deaths are unavoidable. By that point, everyone who can WFH will, and very few people will be willing to work if it may bring the virus home.
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I don't know if it would've been plausible for a US city like SF to replicate something like Singapore's containment strategy. I do think that in the end we'll wish we'd tried, because early, comprehensive, goal-directed action would likely manage both the human & economic costs
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