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Should all cinema halls and concert halls,,gatherings and lectures be banned from operation to prevent spread of Corona
plungesponge · 41-45, M
The government has a very stark choice right now. Disrupt everyone's life and order everyone stay home like what was done in China, and have the economy grind to a halt, or keep everyone doing their daily routine and just deal with the deaths as they come. The problem is that even by ordering everyone stay home will be unlikely to stop this thing, because the US can't put everyone under house arrest so there will be people out and about, and as long as there are people meeting, it still spreads.

At a death rate of 3% and the only option just slows the spread rather than stop it, it may actually make more sense to keep the economy running and deal with the deaths as they come, because a stalled economy will also cause deaths as essential supply chains get broken. Even at a 97% survival rate though, that's an overwhelming number of critically sick and deceased people though, it's going to be very ugly no matter which choice the government takes.

Personally I think it'd make sense to build facilities for the most at risk (immuno compromised and elderly) to stay until a vaccine is ready. That means the rest of the population keeps going and takes its chances with the virus, while the riskiest are shielded.
SW-User
The economic impact of that plan of action will be far worse than the effects of the virus itself.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
I think the 'plan' is to do things by degree.

*Wash your hands regularly.
*Dispose of tissues properly.
*If you feel unwell, stay home.
*Avoid large gatherings of strangers....etc.

They'll give this a week or two and if numbers of sufferers is 'stable' that will probably be enough.

But they would probably have'Phase two' planned already if numbers of sick noticeably increase.

*Bans on attending sporting events
*Possible closure of public parks etc.
* Reduction in the school working week etc.

And then again, give it a couple of weeks. Assess numbers of 'new-ill' Then go to whatever the next stage might be.
@Picklebobble2 If he had done that, people would have criticized him for over-reacting.

The real problem is that no one, not even Trump's supporters, have the slightest confidence that he can handle this crisis. Hence the prevalence of "don't worry, it's nothing more than the common cold" as their go-to response. The plan is to pretend that it's nothing more than a liberal plot to discredit Trump.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@LeopoldBloom He's hoping nobody in Congress or The Senate is going to get it then !
@Picklebobble2 Good luck with that. I noticed that a bunch of people in the Iranian parliament have it. Politicians are at higher risk than other professions.
wheels1972 · M
no! pure media hype, people are sheep
OwnerOfMany · 90-99, M
@wheels1972 Attitudes like yours are exactly why the virus is spreading. Go down to Florida and tell the families of the two who just died that it is pure media hype. And don't give me this "well the flu kills too" crap. This bug is between 3 and 4 times as deadly as the flu and far more contagious.
If anything, the media is downplaying it.
And yes, you are correct about one thing...people are sheep.
SW-User
People are overreacting to a virus that has a 3.4% mortality rate (while the flu has a 9 to 10% mortality rate). Don't live in fear, that's what the media wants.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@SW-User Nothing to do with 'survival rates per capita'. It's to do with unnecessary risk.
@SW-User The flu doesn't have anything close to that level of mortality. Out of 32 million people with the flu, around 18,000 die; a mortality rate of around 0.05%. So you're off by a factor of 2000. While coronavirus probably won't have a 3.4% mortality rate, the effect of millions of people who don't die but are too sick to go to work is going to have a huge effect on the economy. Already, hotels, airlines, convention planners, etc. are feeling the hit, not to mention companies that rely on shipments from China.
Girdledsissy · 41-45, T
People like you are programmed by the media
@Girdledsissy It's nothing! Prove how tough you are - go to a Chinese restaurant and lick a doorknob!

 
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