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Tuesday, 6 October 2020
quote [ Japan thus carried out a cluster-busting approach, including undertaking aggressive backward tracing to uncover clusters. Japan also focused on ventilation, counseling its population to avoid places where the three C’s come together—crowds in closed spaces in close contact, especially if there’s talking or singing—bringing together the science of overdispersion with the recognition of airborne aerosol transmission, as well as presymptomatic and asymptomatic transmission. ]
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mechavolt said @ 9:34pm GMT on 7th October
If we already have the legal authority to contact trace an infected person, why would we not have the legal authority to contact trace a different infected person? As long as they voluntarily provide the information, there's no legal issue here at all.
mechavolt said @ 9:35pm GMT on 7th October
If we already have the legal authority to contact trace an infected person, why would we not have the legal authority to contact trace a different infected person? As long as they voluntarily provide the information, there's no legal issue here at all.
The article is pretty clear that the problem isn't legality, it's that the media and policy makers are focused on the wrong metric.
mechavolt said @ 9:37pm GMT on 7th October
If we already have the legal authority to contact trace an infected person, why would we not have the legal authority to contact trace a different infected person? As long as they voluntarily provide the information, there's no legal issue here at all.
The article is pretty clear that the problem isn't legality, it's that the media and policy makers are focused on the wrong metric.
EDIT: I'd like to clarify that this isn't some conspiracy or anything. They're just treating this pandemic like the flu, which doesn't cluster the same way.
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mechavolt said @ 9:34pm GMT on 7th October
If we already have the legal authority to contact trace an infected person, why would we not have the legal authority to contact trace a different infected person? As long as they voluntarily provide the information, there's no legal issue here at all.
The article is pretty clear that the problem isn't legality, it's that the media and policy makers are focused on the wrong metric.
EDIT: I'd like to clarify that this isn't some conspiracy or anything. They're just treating this pandemic like the flu, which doesn't cluster the same way.
The gist is that the reproduction number might not be the best metric for the spread, as it lags on clustered outbreaks and that instead of tracing current contacts, backtracking clusters seems a more efficient measure.