Anyone thinking regional quarantines will work needs to read this. It just worsens the spread as people flee, and you can't block all roads in a country the size of US. (Also, Italy, too, calamitously dragged its foot on pushing for universal mask wearing as early as possible).https://twitter.com/Atul_Gawande/status/1243880262737563649 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Miranda Yaver, PhD
One, United States as a country isn't social-distancing anywhere at the level other countries that finally "bent-the-curve" have. Two, all the ones that successfully and dramatically suppressed first wave have: mass testing and universal mask wearing.https://twitter.com/mirandayaver/status/1244004886120816640 …
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Miranda Yaver, PhDVerified account @mirandayaverThe curve isn't bending at all in the US. That does NOT mean social distancing isn't working. It means it's taking time to see its effects. This is not the time to relax social distancing measures. It's the time to strengthen them. We need a nationwide#SafeAtHome order. https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1243998677863145473 …12 replies 57 retweets 144 likesShow this thread -
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Japan did not - and still does not - have mass testing.
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Yep. Japan isn't testing or properly isolating but has substantial mask wearing. So, I suspect 1-they have more cases than they acknowledge *but* they aren't Italy. Hospitals aren't overrun. It's actually a great example of importance of masks. Screw everything else up but masks!
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Japan is the strongest case for masks; Hong Kong is next (they even cut down flu); Taiwan mandated it and has very few deaths and almost no cases; Hong Kong even cut down flu (everyone wears masks). Overwhelming evidence at this point.
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