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

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How can we return to work without spurring a second surge of coronavirus infection? Biologist Uri Alon shares a thought-provoking strategy: four days at work followed by 10 days of lockdown, a cycle that would exploit a weakness in the virus's biology and potentially cut its reproductive rate to a manageable level. Learn more about this approach — which has already been adopted by both companies and countries — and how it could be a key to reopening the economy responsibly. (This virtual conversation, hosted by head of TED Chris Anderson and science curator David Biello, was recorded on May 20, 2020.)

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25 Comments on A COVID-19 “exit” strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy | Uri Alon

  1. Every nation is struggling in its own way to fight the virus…but it is important that china should pay the price of the thousands of deaths ane loss of billions of dollars

  2. I will never open my business until I get immunity against law suits by shark lawyers who are all lining up. I have had to battle enough BS litigation.

  3. Seems sensible and in line with latest research, to me. Listen, guys, we want new ideas! Don’t be down on an idea just because it’s novel. Some comments on here strike me as just rude, which to me isn’t helpful.

  4. What’s the evidence that coronavirus can’t spread for 3 days. Can literally anyone provide a scientific reference that isn’t an article for this?

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