How has the infection been stopped in China? Archived Message Posted by Willem on May 2, 2020, 11:31 pm I'm very curious how it is that the number of infections have been essentially constant for many weeks now. Especially given that the virus had free reign for a number of weeks before being identified as an epidemic. I understand they eventually had a tight lockdown, but then again, so do a number of European countries (eg France). But in Europe the virus didn't have weeks of free reign (or did it?), yet hundreds of new infections continue. Has the virus simply run out of steam or is there herd immunity in, say, Wuhan? In which case, what about the rest of China? Did nothing escape out of Hubei province? Or are there perhaps genetical differences which account for this end of the epidemic? Or are the numbers from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ false? It seems remarkably different to the rest of the world (with the exception perhaps of S. Korea and Japan, although in those countries the virus didn't have much time to spread I believe before measures were taken). Message Thread: How has the infection been stopped in China? - Willem May 2, 2020, 11:31 pm Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - Shyaku May 2, 2020, 11:40 pm Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - Willem May 3, 2020, 1:39 am Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - Shyaku May 3, 2020, 6:20 am Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - Willem May 3, 2020, 2:14 pm Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - walter May 3, 2020, 2:43 pm Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - Willem May 3, 2020, 7:13 pm Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - walter May 3, 2020, 8:41 pm Look the infection rate is coming down everywhere in western europe - Shyaku May 3, 2020, 12:04 am Re: How has the infection been stopped in China? - dan May 3, 2020, 8:30 am   Searching