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What's Next After Self-Isolation? ExpertOutlines Our Coronavirus Future

Ardita Dunellari

   As major cities in the United States and around the world roll out
   strict measures to control the spread of coronavirus, public health
   experts warn that a couple of weeks of self-isolation will not solve
   the problem and say the public needs to prepare for extended
   restrictions in response to the disease.

   Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist with the Johns Hopkins University
   School of Public Health in Baltimore, explained the efforts to VOA as
   an attempt to buy time for an overwhelmed public health system.

   "We're trying to reduce the number of people who become sick at any one
   time. And essentially what that does is that it stretches it [the
   epidemic] out over time," she said, adding that this approach does not
   guarantee fewer infections but rather a more manageable burden on the
   health infrastructure.

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