Uri Alon : A COVID-19 "exit" strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy

 Uri Alon·TED2020

A COVID-19 “exit” strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy

Summary

First, l thought that this was a great title that everyone was finding and the story was recorded on May 20, 2020, when many countries were in lockdown.

In the story, the speaker suggests a cycle that will exploit a weakness in the virus’s biology and potentially cut its reproductive rate to a manageable level. When a person gets infected, they’re NOT infectious for about three days. You don’t infect others for the first three days and after two days, on average, you get symptoms. Thus we’re proposing a strategy which is four days of work and then 10 days of lockdown, and it can be repeating. It seems to be better because you don’t seem to start to infect your coworkers by the end of that four days, though, there is a possibility that you infect people at home. However, by creating some groups, it might be solved.  ”A” family members go out for four days, next ”B” family members go out. When children go to school, parents go to work. It might be difficult for hospitals, schools, and people with low income, though, there is a huge risk that our economy stops completely for a long time. It’ll be important to try it at the level of a town, a region, and a month.

Some people and companies will work effectively. Several industries that are hotels, tourism, dining require more thought and adjusting.

Lastly, by concentrating testing on people at the end of their 10 lockdown days, it can reduce the test number and when case numbers are decreasing, people can feel relief.

In Japan, people often had told about the exit strategies of A COVID-19, though, it turned to how we live with coronavirus called “WITH CORONA” today. It must be correct. Probably, there is no exit. It’ll be important to prepare for the next strong infection or a big accident.