The real pandemic will start the day we start lifting the lockdown.
The coronavirus is a crisis of math.
The coronavirus is an easy problem to solve…if we understood exponentials.
Unfortunately, the human mind is incapable of grasping exponentials. We cannot intuitively perceive how a small number can grow so large in such a small amount of time.
Zolang er geen vaccin is gaat het virus in meer (geen lockdown) of mindere (intelligente lockdown) mate zijn gang met ergens rond de 1% van de geinfecteerden die zullen overlijden.
HET DILEMMA
We have two choices:
Everyone in the world gets the virus, so that it can no longer spread. The body count would be horrific.
The whole world synchronously goes into a complete lockdown for 4–6 weeks. The effects on the global economy would be horrific.
De regels die bij dit dilemma horen zijn:
Vergeleken met andere kwalen en ziektes zoals hartfalen en kanker, die ook meestal voornamelijk de ouderen treffen lijkt er niets bijzonders aan de hand.Some basic math around the virus:
- Starting from the first locally transmitted case in the US on February 26, 15 cases have grown to ~460,000 cases (April 9th) in only 6 weeks, in spite of lockdown measures being taken all over the country. On April 8, there were 31,000 new cases. Yesterday, there were 34,000 more new cases. And today, there will be even more.
-There is no current indicator that the virus’s exponential growth will stop. Our current lockdown measures have slowed the rate of this exponential growth. But due to the nature of exponents, decreasing the rate of exponential growth still leaves you growing exponentially, and only marginally slower.
-Exponential growth can only stop if there are no more people left for the virus to infect in its environment.
-There is a ~1% mortality rate for the virus in the best circumstances. Assuming our health care system can handle the influx of new cases (flatten the curve), if every US citizen got coronavirus, ~3 million people would die.
-Stopping exponential growth without infecting the full population requires cutting off the supply of healthy individuals that can be infected.
The incubation period of the virus is ~14 days. If everyone is in complete isolation for 4–6 weeks, the virus will disappear. Complete isolation means no going out for any reason at all. No walks, no groceries, no “essential” businesses. This has been proven successful in China.
This is effective because those within a household where no one is infected will have no means of contracting the virus without outside contact. For an individual who may have the virus, they will only be able to pass it to those quarantined with them, with 4–6 weeks as enough time for the virus to pass through the whole household. Those who end up at the hospital would only return to their homes once they are cleared of the virus.
Tot je bedenkt dat die twee niet besmettelijk zijn en de Corona wel.
Roeland
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