At this point (and for a few of months now), surely you don't need to know the R0 value?
Why not just look at other countries, see which have had the best outcomes, and copy them?
Why not just look at other countries, see which have had the best outcomes, and copy them?
Because if the R0 value for asymptomatic cases is high enough you will need 2 week quarantine for all travelers and fortress boarders until the virus is eradicated everywhere.
Something New Zealand is currently doing after implementing the most draconian nation wide lock-down.
Do you support a barb wire wall around both the Canadian and Mexican border with lethal force counter measures if anyone tries to pass and forced isolation of all travelers?
How convenient of you to ignore all the weeks prior to "the past several" as in: significantly higher mortality rates than any of its neighbours.
And the end result? Worst recession since WWII.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...
How about "Sweden has the largest recession since WWII. The largest single quarter drop in the directly comparable time series. The drop (8.6%) is barely above EU average (11.9%), and the economy is expected to drop another 4-10% by October. They achieved this incredible economic feat by sacrificing 10 to 15 times the number of people compared to neighbours."
If needed for public health reasons, and is short/mid-term, why not?