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In response to "Today the main COVID working group at my job decided maybe they should stop meeting in person." by loosilu

Hey Loosi (good to see you and thanks for the insights), I had a question for you.

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Mar 17 '20, 10:36

Big and maybe too complicated to answer, but I'm trying to understand what things have to look like to start returning to normal. Presumably we won't get infections down to zero, but if you stop the social distancing before it gets to zero don't we just start the cycle again? I'm just trying to understand what parameters would look like to begin to return to normal. Thanks.

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Hard to answer, but generally, when the rate of new infections starts to go down, we can start to loosen up. - loosilu Mar 17, 10:39 2
- Trying to think of a way to illustrate it. Lets say a forest is burning. After a certain point, it can't become a conflagration again because - loosilu Mar 17, 10:42 1
  - But that requires a pretty significant mass to have had it right? If the social distancing works to slow the spread, it could go down before a - pmb Mar 17, 10:59

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Hey Loosi (good to see you and thanks for the insights), I had a question for you.

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