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Originally Posted by westopher
Now that things are being reported to be returning to normal (ish) in China, what did they do that Italy hasn't?
What can we learn?
And I'm not talking about placing blame on reactions anywhere. What do we need to do tomorrow, what does the government need to do tomorrow?
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We need to track trace and quarantine aggressively. Something that all Asian countries that has successfully flatten the curve have been doing. For example, in Vietnam, all inbound air traffic from Europe are quarantined for 14 days at an isolated military campus, regardless of nationalities. They test people multiple times and feed them proper meals daily for 14 days.
This is something that the Trudeau and Trump government have failed to do and are still failing to do. It comes at a high economic cost for the government, that is no doubt. But the cost of closed businesses and unemployment are even higher.
Our government are also not testing aggressively, as WHO recommended. There is no reason you can test at a drive-through in South Korea in 10 minutes like getting a McDick and it costed $1,100 USD + $3500 ER fees to test in the US (only recently made free). The most dangerous spreaders are the people who have no symptoms. They aren't self-quarantine. They are out and about spreading the plague. China have test kits. Re-engineer them, do whatever you must, but get those tests out there to us plebs, symptoms or not. Don't waste anymore time re-inventing the wheel. Time we don't have.
Disinfecting public places. People thought it's funny when Chinese have 4 trucks in parallel rolling down the street spraying disinfectant. It worked. A lot of other countries are disinfecting neighborhoods the same way.
Vaccine are at the minimum a year away. Can't wait for that.
Summary:
- Track, trace, quarantine
- Test, test, test
- Disinfecting
- Take it seriously. It's the "just the flu" people that got us into this mess.
You already have exhibit A of countries who have successfully flatten the curve. You literally don't have to re-invent the wheel. Do the same damn thing.
And you have exhibit B of countries who have failed to do so like Italy. Italy's medical system got completely overwhelmed. It's over for them when care-providers like doctors and nurses started fallen ill. Once they are fallen ill, they are out for 14 days. That's a long time for this plague. And we need time. Flattening the curve is basically buying time for the medical system to do its work and treat pneumonia. As a result, their curve is still growing exponentially.
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Rant: Trudeau government have failed us. The same way Trump government have failed the American people. Closing border to essential services only and aggressive quarantine measure should have been done a long time ago, not last week. Everyone knew about the plague mid January. We are only doing something today. It's a joke.