How is the test/trace etc method

supposed to work in a place like London?
It sounds like a logical approach, but completely impractical.
In a place like the UK it's just a matter of "managed infection" surely - so the NHS can cope at any one time (which reduces deaths too, and the indirect deaths not recorded as "Corona deaths" but caused by it - eg other ops cancelled - so the headline figures are slightly misleading in any event i suppose). Ultimately, the countries that cope best may be the countries with the best appropriate medical care (or the v little countries where you can realistically test, isolate etc etc)

Posted By: paulg on March 19th 2020 at 09:06:24

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No new cases in china,only foreign visitors. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 19, 05:43:58
- So won’t that mean new cases begin again? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Charles21, Mar 19, 08:28:01
  - Yup (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 19, 08:33:24
    - Big cluster in Korea at a nursing home (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 08:56:33
      - How is the test/trace etc method (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 19, 09:06:24
        
        Yeah you’d imagine we’d use it if possible (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 09:26:52
      - And in one instance they infected 46 people by spraying salt water in their mouths (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 19, 08:59:38
        
        Americans are queuing for guns (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 09:00:25
        
        Yes,and they're running out of ammunition in California. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 19, 09:01:34
    - The point is,if you read the articles their quarantine methods are working. (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 19, 08:46:57
      - my point's a bit more subtle - we wont know what has/hasn't worked for months yet (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 19, 10:20:41
    - The only that will stop it is a vaccine (Coronavirus) - duke of york, Mar 19, 08:39:45
      - Not quite,from what I've seen on YouTube you can stop it by denying it (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 19, 08:44:20
        
        Slowly build up herd immunity (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 08:59:36
        
        Deny it a host.... Us you mean? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 19, 08:55:44
        
        Well yes. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 19, 08:58:05

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