The next questions then would be how many times will a person get it? Does a

Mar 30, 2020
4:19:04pm

BW84 All-American

person build up immunities to it? Will it be like chicken pox where you usually only get it once? Can it resurface, like the chicken pox virus turns into shingles? Will a person get it every year like the flu?

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So does the gov't social dist. plan presume near 100% infection eventually?

CapitalCougar

3/30/20 4:02pm

It's about flattening the curve to minimize death due to overcrowded hospitals.

chago04

3/30/20 4:03pm

Aka, flattening the economy

Busiturtle

3/30/20 4:06pm

And yet nobody reports on those data.

RugbyCoug

3/30/20 4:24pm

Exactly! If that is really what it's about, no one is saying so.

Kerbouchard

3/30/20 4:26pm

IMO, no one with any credibility predicts 100% infection regardless of what

gwalker

3/30/20 4:06pm

The primary motivation is healthcare infrastructure, not total infection %.

Psalm Trees

3/30/20 4:11pm

I get that flattening is about hospitals. I'm curious re infection % projections

CapitalCougar

3/30/20 4:12pm

I'm really curious about this too. Not 100% infected, but whether the same

Jay Rick

3/30/20 4:14pm

I think it will, because part of flattening the curve also is buying time for improved treatments, vaccines, etc..

Mobojo

3/30/20 4:17pm

that's true if we can push out some number of infections beyond the date when

Jay Rick

3/30/20 5:01pm

The next questions then would be how many times will a person get it? Does a

BW84

3/30/20 4:19pm

I'm really wondering how long for everyone to get sick at the rate hospitals can

CapitalCougar

3/30/20 5:14pm

Most of what I’ve read is we don’t expect everyone to get it. We expect that

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