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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStates rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/22/reopening-america-states-coronavirus/
By William Wan, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Joel Achenbach
April 22, 2020 at 4:46 p.m. EDT
By the end of the week, residents in Georgia will be able to get their hair permed and nails done. By Monday, they will be cleared for action flicks at the cineplex and burgers at their favorite greasy spoon.
And it will almost certainly lead to more novel coronavirus infections and deaths.
As several states including South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida rush to reopen businesses, the sudden relaxation of restrictions will supply new targets for the coronavirus that has kept the United States largely closed down, according to experts, math models and the basic rules that govern infectious diseases.
The math is unfortunately pretty simple. Its not a matter of whether infections will increase but by how much, said Jeffrey Shaman, a leading epidemiologist at Columbia University.
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By William Wan, Carolyn Y. Johnson and Joel Achenbach
April 22, 2020 at 4:46 p.m. EDT
By the end of the week, residents in Georgia will be able to get their hair permed and nails done. By Monday, they will be cleared for action flicks at the cineplex and burgers at their favorite greasy spoon.
And it will almost certainly lead to more novel coronavirus infections and deaths.
As several states including South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida rush to reopen businesses, the sudden relaxation of restrictions will supply new targets for the coronavirus that has kept the United States largely closed down, according to experts, math models and the basic rules that govern infectious diseases.
The math is unfortunately pretty simple. Its not a matter of whether infections will increase but by how much, said Jeffrey Shaman, a leading epidemiologist at Columbia University.
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States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Apr 2020
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Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)1. DUH!
Nothing more need be said.
The empressof all
(29,098 posts)2. I want to see their wives get a mani/pedi
In fact lets see the whole family get massages. Broadcast it on the nightly news. Lets see his whole family go eat at the local buffet. Fricken idiots
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)3. Selfish, stupid people.