Will hifi die as Coronavirus spreads?

[jjbomber]

Yeah a vaccine is the key.

An effective treatment combined with Western countries adopting the Asian practice of wearing masks in public and very strict contact tracing of anyone who gets infected will allow some of the restrictions to be lifted. Maybe even most of the restrictions, at least for healthy people. But we're a long way from any of that yet.

The Vietnam model. Quite incredible how few cases they have had in a country of 83 million that borders China. It's about 240 cases with no deaths at all. Huge fines if you go out in public without a mask, straight to jail if you go out with the virus, quarantine for all new visitors, 14-day quarantine if you have been with anyone who has the virus and a public that buys into the concept. Most importantly all cases are traced back. Everyone who has been in contact with an infected person is quarantined and tested twice. If they have the virus, they go back another level, and keep going back to trace the source. The worst outbreak they had was from a British tourist who 'escaped' from quarantine.

 

[bigboss]

It's been 8 years since MERS first appeared. A lot of Saudi money has gone into making a vaccine and yet there's no vaccine currently. We can only hope people get immunity enough to not get life threateningly unwell.

 

[Jimboo]

The Vietnam model. Quite incredible how few cases they have had in a country of 83 million that borders China. It's about 240 cases with no deaths at all. Huge fines if you go out in public without a mask, straight to jail if you go out with the virus, quarantine for all new visitors, 14-day quarantine if you have been with anyone who has the virus and a public that buys into the concept. Most importantly all cases are traced back. Everyone who has been in contact with an infected person is quarantined and tested twice. If they have the virus, they go back another level, and keep going back to trace the source. The worst outbreak they had was from a British tourist who 'escaped' from quarantine.

Mmmmm , you think? Sounds a bit too good to be true. 240 cases spread how far apart? It would surely be in one place only , a foreigner caused the worst outbreak and they have the most miraculous testing and quarantine standards in the world , Vietnam. Bull**it.

 

[Jimboo]

Oh, just read the figures 15 thousand tested out of 83 million. We will just leave that hanging.

 

[Jimboo]

It's been 8 years since MERS first appeared. A lot of Saudi money has gone into making a vaccine and yet there's no vaccine currently. We can only hope people get immunity enough to not get life threateningly unwell.

You will know as a doctor there is no vaccine for any of the other coronavirus strands. I don't think we should expect one soon.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Will we be in isolation until there is a vaccine? I am talking like for another year!

 

[bigboss]

Nobody knows currently. The lockdown measures will gradually ease enough for health services to cope with the surge. Human vaccine trials starting tomorrow in Oxford.