Current Events > Shutting down schools/businesses for 2 weeks seems pointless

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Jiggy101011
03/12/20 6:52:05 PM
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Especially if there isnt a quarantine in place. What is stopping those people from going out and obtaining the virus within that 2 week period? Someone explain the thought behind this please?

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Alteres
03/12/20 6:53:09 PM
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Have to do something, I'm not complaining.

I could use a vacation.

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s0nicfan
03/12/20 6:53:55 PM
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Jiggy101011 posted...
Especially if there isnt a quarantine in place. What is stopping those people from going out and obtaining the virus within that 2 week period? Someone explain the thought behind this please?

The idea is to slow the spread, not completely stop it. It's breaking up large gatherings so that when somebody does inevitably get it, they only infect a few people around them rather than an entire campus.

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Polycosm
03/12/20 6:56:16 PM
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It's meant to flatten the curve so that our hospitals aren't all inundated at once.

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mustachedmystic
03/12/20 7:26:29 PM
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Haven't you noticed how kids trade germs like Pokemon cards in 1997?

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