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From the Ted Talk by Adam Kucharski: How can we control the coronavirus pandemic?

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Containment is this idea that you can focus your effort on control very much on the cases and their contacts. So you're not causing disruption to the wider population, you have a case that comes in, you istoale them, you work out who they've come into contact with, who's potentially these opportunities for exposure and then you can follow up those people, maybe quarantine them, to make sure that no further transmission happens. So it's a very focused, targeted method, and for SARS, it wkeord remarkably well. But I think for this iiocefntn, because some cases are going to be missed, or ueendettcd, you've really got to be capturing a lagre chunk of people at risk. If a few slip through the net, potentially, you're going to get an oeatbruk.

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Containment is this idea that you can focus your effort on control very much on the cases and their contacts. So you're not causing disruption to the wider population, you have a case that comes in, you _______ them, you work out who they've come into contact with, who's potentially these opportunities for exposure and then you can follow up those people, maybe quarantine them, to make sure that no further transmission happens. So it's a very focused, targeted method, and for SARS, it ______ remarkably well. But I think for this _________, because some cases are going to be missed, or __________, you've really got to be capturing a _____ chunk of people at risk. If a few slip through the net, potentially, you're going to get an ________.

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Original Text

Containment is this idea that you can focus your effort on control very much on the cases and their contacts. So you're not causing disruption to the wider population, you have a case that comes in, you isolate them, you work out who they've come into contact with, who's potentially these opportunities for exposure and then you can follow up those people, maybe quarantine them, to make sure that no further transmission happens. So it's a very focused, targeted method, and for SARS, it worked remarkably well. But I think for this infection, because some cases are going to be missed, or undetected, you've really got to be capturing a large chunk of people at risk. If a few slip through the net, potentially, you're going to get an outbreak.

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