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Originally Posted by HighlandWatch
It feels as if we’re already at the do-nothing baseline for Europe and the U.S. considering the escalation in the number of cases. Hold tight and let it run it’s course, rather than try to stifle. Then, within 12 weeks we’d be though the worst. If we try to stifle now, it simply drags it all out. And, wrecks the economy. Fairly brutal, perhaps, but we minimise ongoing disruption.
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You need to remember that in situations where we are only testing symptomatic and hospitalized patients, the current numbers reflect the state of play 1-2 weeks ago, and are not a current snapshot. If we were blindly testing large numbers of people regardless of symptoms, we would have a better handle on current numbers of asymptomatically infected people. We will see in another 2 weeks if the efforts of social distancing and such have paid dividends.