Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
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How long would you shut down the the worlds economies?...

Bob


How the hell should "we" know?

Here's a few suggestions.

1. When testing is widely enough available to confirm and/or modify the models.

2. When appropriate Health Officials declare that a relaxing of social distancing restrictions would not put us back to square 1 in exponential increase in infections, making all this current pain absolutely pointless.

3. When appropriate government officials listen to them, plan for the "re-opening", and communicate effectively. In the US, those officials are state-wide and local as well as national. NYC and New Orleans might need to handle things differently than Bismark SD. They may need to do so not only for "themselves" but for their less effected neighbors. The rest of the world will handle things as they see fit in their situations.

If those suggestions too much resemble "as long as it takes", feel free to name your own date and rationale.

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