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Hehe · 07-20-2020, 08:50 PM

If you look at what Taiwan, a country that have gotten the upperhand on the virus, has done, it's NOT just about protection.

I'm not discouraging the use of masks and all the hygienic practices, yes, those are basics protections that reduce the probability of spread.

HOWEVER, to really keep a control over the virus, it's about tracing.

Taiwan never enforced mandatory mask wearing on the national level AND neither did they implemented a full lockdown, all in a place about the size of Vancouver island with almost 24million people.

What they did was to carefully track and trace everyone. If a positive case is discovered, they would identify everyone (in the national database at least, which accounts for pretty much every citizen) in close contact to isolate all these people. And also implement thermo cameras in all major transportation hubs or public places that one has to "check-in" with their ID for record purpose.

We have yet to fully understand the spreading capability of the virus, and the public isn't exactly using protective gears as they are intended to use. Thus, focusing too much on protective gears only give you that fake sense of security and overlook the bigger picture.

A good and long time friend of mine in Argentina just got diagnosed 2 days ago. And he's a maniac who wears 2 masks, face visor and 2 sets of gloves with every hygienic precaution you can think of followed to the most pathetic detail... and yet he got infected.

As we are looking this into a longer term, I think it's still NOT too late to implement a system (which both Google and Apple have developed, we could tweak a bit based on our privacy laws) that can track and trace everyone as now even your grandma has a smartphone.

We can't go back to lock down the province. Not only it doesn't work. (Argentina went through a very harsh lockdown, and yet they are in an absolute shit as far as infection goes) Going that route, it means that if the virus doesn't kill one directly, it would kill the very livehood that the person depends on.

07-20-2020, 08:50 PM	#5607
Hehe OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: YVR/TPE Posts: 5,241 Thanked 3,301 Times in 1,464 Posts Failed 685 Times in 223 Posts	If you look at what Taiwan, a country that have gotten the upperhand on the virus, has done, it's NOT just about protection. I'm not discouraging the use of masks and all the hygienic practices, yes, those are basics protections that reduce the probability of spread. HOWEVER, to really keep a control over the virus, it's about tracing. Taiwan never enforced mandatory mask wearing on the national level AND neither did they implemented a full lockdown, all in a place about the size of Vancouver island with almost 24million people. What they did was to carefully track and trace everyone. If a positive case is discovered, they would identify everyone (in the national database at least, which accounts for pretty much every citizen) in close contact to isolate all these people. And also implement thermo cameras in all major transportation hubs or public places that one has to "check-in" with their ID for record purpose. We have yet to fully understand the spreading capability of the virus, and the public isn't exactly using protective gears as they are intended to use. Thus, focusing too much on protective gears only give you that fake sense of security and overlook the bigger picture. A good and long time friend of mine in Argentina just got diagnosed 2 days ago. And he's a maniac who wears 2 masks, face visor and 2 sets of gloves with every hygienic precaution you can think of followed to the most pathetic detail... and yet he got infected. As we are looking this into a longer term, I think it's still NOT too late to implement a system (which both Google and Apple have developed, we could tweak a bit based on our privacy laws) that can track and trace everyone as now even your grandma has a smartphone. We can't go back to lock down the province. Not only it doesn't work. (Argentina went through a very harsh lockdown, and yet they are in an absolute shit as far as infection goes) Going that route, it means that if the virus doesn't kill one directly, it would kill the very livehood that the person depends on. __________________ Nothing for now