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[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They won't.

Flu has an R number only slightly above one (1.3) so any kind of action like a lockdown will kill an outbreak off by taking it below one.

I admit I was confused by this in February, had to do some research.