If we're to trust the Wuhan data, it took 2 weeks for daily new cases to begin dropping. The good news is that once that begin, the decline was ~as steep as the growth. The bad news is that cumulative active cases continued to rise for some time.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1240689047418236932 …
If after 2 weeks of lockdown the regional medical system is still functional and new cases are beginning to drop at a rate that appears not to overwhelm surge capacity, you can start to relax restrictions and allow *some* new infections
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The critical thing is that the fatality rate appears to be something in the realm of 0.5-1% with treatment available and ~2-6% where healthcare systems have been inundated to a greater or lesser degree. And all-cause mortality will also rise where hospitals are overwhelmed.
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So even if you *have* to accept some spread of a relatively dangerous illness in order to keep society functional, you really, really want to make sure it's slow enough for the hospitals to keep up
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Yes, I believe I understand; however, it seems that you need to go back into a more controlled state shortly after the new infections arise; it's unlikely you can put forward a social policy that people can follow that will allow you to tightly control the infection rate.
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Though I am confused, what do you see as the end condition? If immunity is only temporary, it seems you either go into a state of alternating controls, or you seek to completely eliminate the virus.
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