I think the deceptive part of the "two weeks" is that it's approximately the rational upper bound of long you can shutdown an area for an actual emergency (think mandatory evacuation).
Two weeks was obviously BS, because unlike in a disaster, nothing is going to change in two week.
Thinking hiding in the cave for two weeks and the monster would go away was laughably pathetic.
The idea of 2 weeks was because the covid max incubation period was 10 days, so in theory it would dead end in a bunch of people who had it at the time rather than spread further, and consequently slow the spread rate to something manageable. (There was a major N95 mask shortage, causing med world quite a bit of stress.) That's why most the med community was on board with it at the time.
I think the deceptive part of the "two weeks" is that it's approximately the rational upper bound of long you can shutdown an area for an actual emergency (think mandatory evacuation).
Two weeks was obviously BS, because unlike in a disaster, nothing is going to change in two week.
Thinking hiding in the cave for two weeks and the monster would go away was laughably pathetic.
there's a reason the Constitution has no pandemic exemption. it's during a crisis especially that you must stick to your guns
The idea of 2 weeks was because the covid max incubation period was 10 days, so in theory it would dead end in a bunch of people who had it at the time rather than spread further, and consequently slow the spread rate to something manageable. (There was a major N95 mask shortage, causing med world quite a bit of stress.) That's why most the med community was on board with it at the time.