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Originally Posted by zoltan
"We overreacted" because lockdowns worked, so the model estimates approximating the best-case scenarios ended up begin most accurate.
They worked in some places like China, South Korea, and Australia. I'd say they failed by quite a large degree in the US.
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Originally Posted by DumbosTrunk
But now that we have sacrificed a good chunk of freedom and helped achieve the goal -- to flatten the curve -- many more people are going to expect something in return.
We achieved the goal of flattening the curve? I look at the curve every single day. It is not flat. Nowhere close. It appears to be flattening in some places like New York and New Jersey but even there it's still not yet flat. Flattening the curve is what places like Australia and South Korea did and they did it in short order.
A 1 month lockdown was supposed to flatten the curve and that didn't happen. Here in Dallas the lockdown started 2 months ago. Our curve hasn't flattened one bit. If anything, I'd expect it to start steepening.
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Originally Posted by DumbosTrunk
You're not alone: A lot of people are beginning to feel cabin fever catching up to them and are willing to risk it. I might even go to a private home game tomorrow, for the first time since the shutdown started (with an N95 of course). Am I crazy?
It seems a bit foolish. Depending where you are, it may have been smarter to do this a month ago rather than now when cases are likely to ramp up.