Informing management of lockdowns and a phased return to normality

[nitram]

Whilst researching the problem of devising an exit strategy from the current situation I came across the below information and thought some people might find it interesting.
It's basically the result of a brainstorming session.

"This work is a collaboration between BioRISC (the Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge), Conservation Evidence based in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge and the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. It was created by documenting our experience of options, consulting guidance, contacting people working in different countries to explore the range of options and crowd-sourcing ideas through social media. We welcome suggestions for options missed (especially those implemented outside of the UK), innovations for novel options or means of improving existing options. Please contact biorisc@caths.cam.ac.uk. For more information on our methods, please see our preprint.

We have identified 275 options to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in five key areas: (1) physical isolation, (2) reducing transmission through contaminated items, (3) enhancing cleaning and hygiene, (4) reducing spread through pets, and (5) restricting disease spread between areas. For any particular problem this long list will quickly be winnowed down to a much shorter list of potential options based on relevance and practicality; this bespoke shortlist will be the subject of more detailed consideration."

https://covid-19.biorisc.com/ .

 

[Lawson58]

Mind boggling!

Don't think my dog would enjoy being restricted to 100-200 meters from our home.

All they suggest is a stranglehold on all of our movements.

In Australia, we have been informed that we are going to be on lockdown for another 4 weeks. NZ have been on much tighter restrictions than we have but they are aiming for eliminating the virus.

That begs the question that if you eliminate the virus, then do you live in complete isolation until someone comes up with a vaccine? And if they don't?

Today, in our state there has been only one new case of Covid-19. In Australia, we have only had 64 deaths, many of them associated with a particular cruise ship.

Australians have always complained about having to sit on a plane for 20+ hours to get Europe but maybe we are seeing that sometimes there are advantages in distance.

 

[nitram]

Mind boggling!

It's a result of a brainstorming session where every suggestion is recorded, as the article says:

For any particular problem this long list will quickly be winnowed down to a much shorter list of potential options based on relevance and practicality; this bespoke shortlist will be the subject of more detailed consideration.

I found the variety of suggestions interesting.