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Originally Posted by jfman
We can't manage a pandemic by appealing to the lowest common denominator in society.
Of course had we started the lowdown earlier we could have less deaths, less infections and be closer to managing the spread - like Germany.
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Germany didn't manage anything. They just had fewer points of introduction in the first place. Eg if the UK had 100 people bring it in to the country, and Germany had 10, then obviously Germany would be likely to have fewer cases. Bit of a simplistic example as many other factors are involved.
It's not something that spontaneously arises in 1 in 1m of the population, it has to be introduced and spread.
Eg if 2 tourists from Wuhan arrive in Northern Italy whilst heavily infected, then they are going to spread it to other tourists, who then return home.
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Shocking images reveal how coronavirus ravaged the lungs of two Wuhan residents in their 60s on holiday in Italy - the country's first recorded victims of the disease.
Researchers at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Rome studied the two individuals after they tested positive for COVID-19 on January 29, 2020.
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3rd Feb
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A hunt is underway to find hundreds of people who flew from coronavirus-hit Wuhan to Britain who are unaccounted for.
Officials are trying to trace 480 travellers who arrived in the country nine days ago from the city in China.
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