My wife came up to me recently and said that she wanted to help out the people in her old neighborhood in the Philippines and that she had a plan. I thought she was brilliant . . .
This is a paper my brother Trace Searls wrote. Trace has a PhD in Statistics and over 20 years working in the pharmaceutical industry (Full credentials at end of his post).
I'm posting this here on his behalf to stimulate debate on how we should respond to the pandemic and whether a different approach might be better. All opinions expressed are his and not mine. 
I don't see an open Coronavirus thread ATM, so here's a few tidbits from late Saturday:
From the Miami Herald, paywalled and too difficult to quote from: The Florida Keys set up checkpoints to keep tourists out, but the checkpoints will likely be taken down Sunday.
