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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88
That's why I think a more strategically targeted social distancing approach would work.
If at least 50% of people with COVID-19 are asymptomatic... part of the 80% of people with the virus with no or minimal symptoms... why not target the social distancing to the people we know who are most at risk of complications?
Elderly and people with underlying health conditions.
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Because hospitalization rates would not be sustainable with that degree of spread. Everyone in a hospital now was likely infected in Mid-March. With a virus that spreads exponentially, you aren't going to be able to adequately tamp down cases and the asymptomatic and those free to roam will still come into contact with the at-risk population at home, in care facilities, etc
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