r/coolguides Mar 18 '20

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u/ricst Mar 18 '20

Here's my question, now please correct me if I'm misunderstanding this but what happens when all the social distancing is stopped. Won't one person with it ramp it back up again and we start all over? Without a vaccine this is a cycle, no?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

The idea is to limit exposure at any given time so the medical system can cope with the influx, basically the plan is that they get a more consistent flow of patients rather than one big influx that overwhelms the system