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@Viking0 posted:

They put a ton of effort into item 2 in Louisiana and it didn't do anything except increase the number of cases with respect to other states.  Notice we have the highest per capita number of tests AND active cases in the US (or at least we did a couple of weeks ago).  Contact tracing didn't work because a majority of people didn't answer the phone.   Also, 70% of people refused to give out the phone numbers of people they were in contact with.  I guess, they could have compelled them to do so, but I don't think that would work so well in the US. 

That's a very valid point. These efforts don't work unless people buy in to the process (i.e., answer their phone, divulge contacts, etc). It's fascinating how resistant we are to those sorts of interventions when compared with, well, pretty much every other country that exists. There are some really interesting articles about the invasive nature of the responses in Taiwan and Korea.

 

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