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Old 15th Mar 2020, 01:58
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The issue is that the extra measures that government's are taking will actually prolong the time that the virus will be around the general public but minimize the number of patients. For the hospitals that's great because it reduces the number of patients and spreads them out over a longer period, by for the aviation industry it will be a disaster.

I know it sounds crazy but the quicker it spreads the quicker it disappears.

If there's even one case left in the world untreated and life goes back to normal there's a good chance that the entire process will start again. How long before the number of cases is zero? Could take a year, maybe longer?

I believe that during the Spanish flu epidemic a century ago there was an initial out real followed by a decrease and then a second wave which did most of the damage.
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