re: China preparing for second wave or outbreak already happening? Seizing PPE factories

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shifting our philosophy from mitigation efforts like flattening the curve (to protect healthcare capacity) to elimination efforts (and the shift was silent, i might add) was insane, especially considering we have no plan to have a functioning society along with elimination efforts. we can do it with mitigation, but not elimination.

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Spot on. We also didn't even shut down drastically enough for elimination to be a viable option. We've basically been limping along with a reproductive rate just slightly below 1 in most states for a long time without accomplishing anything. Entire thing has been a shite show.