No. You would have had to keep every citizen from every country inside for 2-4 weeks and enforce incredibly strict N95/KN95-only mask policies. If you have a single city not doing zero-COVID in this scenario, you lose containment.
You seem to be stating if the US response had been 2-4 week strict lockdowns that we would have eradicated COVID.
I am telling you no, it wouldn't have prevented much unless every single human being on the planet was also in lockdown for the exact same 2-4 week period.
Finding the right time for r/place to return proved to be a challenge – but hey, what better time to offer a blank canvas to our communities than when our users and mods are at their most passionate… right?
This is the most blatantly obvious "please boost our subscriber numbers" statement I've ever seen without directly calling for it.
Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.
Wow, people in this thread really have strong opinions about other people writing similar programs in different languages. Who cares? Why is more choice a bad thing?
I have now released a significant new update for KUP that introduces a new experimental mobile UI and adds support for the coming release of the Kbin platform....
When I clicked 'Install' on the GreasyFork page, I get the correct pop up, but the pop up asks me to click "Install", which doesn't appear in the pop up. I try to import the scripts manually but nothing happens.
Yale professor: Biden's economy most successful since FDR's New Deal (www.msnbc.com)
Current state of r/place (lemmy.world)
OC Quick script to change Mastodon Docker deployment character limits
Howdy folks!...
Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads. 10 million have joined already (edition.cnn.com)
Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.
Anyone using rustic? (github.com)
Hey, you probably know about restic and borg for backups. They are pretty mature and very commonly used....
What from reddit do you hope to never see on lemmy?
i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!
OC Kbin Usability Pack 0.3.6 - Mobile UI and compatibility with next Kbin version (greasyfork.org)
I have now released a significant new update for KUP that introduces a new experimental mobile UI and adds support for the coming release of the Kbin platform....