Minimizing exposure and using basic prevention rules like thorough hand washing makes sense. Voluntary social distancing worked for the infectious disease polio. Should voluntary social distancing be recommended to reduce the number of infections of swine flu?
In the video clip below, Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of Washington in Seattle, talks about using "social distancing" to reduce transmission of swine flu on MSNBC.com
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