"Masks don't work for a highly infectious respiratory illness, but also please save them for health workers so they don't get sick" is a pretty dark calibration re: Just Exactly How Stupid Do You Think We Are
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It's also a situation where a modest (~50%) reduction in probability of infection from a given contact can make a big difference in how catastrophic an epidemic is.
Yeah, if you're having 0-5 interactions/week like this vs. 100/day you're going to see a really big difference in impact re: flattening the curve as a result of imperfect interventions. We really do not all have to wear full Chinese medical hazmat in order to slow this thing
