I think it probably just needs to run it's course.

iairishcheeks 30782 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 6:42 am on Mar 13, 2020

This isn't Polio or Smallpox. It's also not the Spanish Flu that killed the young and healthy. More testing and quarantines would be helpful, sure, but I wouldn't go all authoritarian on it. At this point the biggest concern is the panic it is creating.

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I think it probably just needs to run it's course. iairishcheeks 6:42am · 3/13/20
- If people had confidence that all cases were identified and quarantine, we wouldn't need shut downs. ND_in_DRO 8:33am · 3/13/20
  - I don't think you could stop it even with an infinite amount of money.NT iairishcheeks 9:56am · 3/13/20
    - Other countries are. There is a blueprint.NT ND_in_DRO 3:26pm · 3/13/20
- CT declared a state of emergency over five cases Hank Scorpio 6:48am · 3/13/20
  - 5 identified cases. Big difference, since we've probably only identified a fraction of the cases.NT ND_in_DRO 8:46am · 3/13/20

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