Why Severe Social Distancing Might Actually Result In More Coronavirus Deaths

“Therefore, if we stop the quarantine for all low-risk people now, herd immunity would develop more quickly. If we also were to keep the elderly and high-risk people isolated from everyone else during this time, including their own family members (i.e., a partial quarantine), we would save countless lives, while also decreasing the stress on the medical system.

This strategy would also limit the stress on the medical system caused by the fear and panic induced by the full quarantine, a variable that has not been considered in most models and to which any physician on the frontlines can attest. And there would be limited impact on the economy.”

“Why Severe Social Distancing Might Actually Result In More Coronavirus Deaths,” The Federalist, 4/3/2020.

 

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