1. In some countries, Japan for example, wearing masks in public when you're sick is a common occurrence, but I haven't seen many people in the US wear masks on a daily basis. Do you think this cultural difference could have affected the spread of SARS-Cov-2?
2. Do R0 exist for genetic disease?
3. Why do seasonal epidemics happen? Is it because of the temperature change? What does the off-season mean for the virus: that it spreads less or has less of an effect? If it spreads less, then is the flu just as bad for people who get it in the summer? If it has less of an effect, then can someone with the flu travel to a summer country to ride it out?
4. You mentioned today that it's possible for someone to spread the disease even when they're in the stage where the virus is gone and the symptoms are coming from their own immune response. How is this possible?
5. In the graphs of the spread of a virus in New York and New Orleans, it seemed like the stay-at-home order was pointless because it occurred after the peak of the spread, but what if without the order, the number of cases would have been much higher?
6. You think people living a healthier lifestyle (eating healthy, exercising, etc) will increase after this pandemic since people with hypertension, diabetes, and other underlying diseases are the most at risk?
7. If a virus is rapidly mutating, does that make immunity pointless?
8. Do you think it's a good thing to make people believe the virus is worse than it actually is so they're more willing to close up their businesses and stop working? Is it ethical to do so if it would save lives?
9. Why do you think Taiwan had such a quick and effective response to the pandemic? Is it because they were close enough to China to see firsthand the effect of the virus?
10. Can SARS-Cov-2 spread through trade?
11. What do you think of the 3-step reopening plan? Does it seem viable? Would people agree to wait that long?
1. wearing a mask probably did not have any impact on the spread of the virus
2.no, reproductive number is for an environmental, not genetic spread of an agent
3. we do not know what makes one virus seasonal and another not. probably related to the fragility of the virion in different environmental conditions
4. that is not what I said. if the virus is "gone" then they cannot spread the virus. but how do you know when the virus is actually gone?!
5. stay at home did blunt the number of people becoming infected
6.maybe, let's hope so
7. mutations just means that the immune system has to respond to the new mutated virus
8.fear can work for you or against you. it probably is better to err on the side of caution than to let people think that this virus is not a problem. ethical?? who knows
9. first, Taiwan is an island and can control travel into and out of the country better. Also, Taiwan already had experience with SARS, so was better prepared for COVID-19. Taiwan has an excellent healthcare system and universal coverage.
10. No, the virus does not last long enough on a surface to affect trade.
11. I think people are going to balk at any plan right at the moment.