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This is interesting. Are there any protocols or alternatives that you are aware of which push this % down to <<1%?


Remove humans from the equation? Humans make mistakes. Humans working in high stress situations are at a greater risk for making mistakes. Humans working in high stress situations, while wearing PPE that traps heat and moisture are at a tremendous risk for making mistakes.


This seems to be a viable target - for people in quarantine, if we can replace x% of actions that need to be done by humans with devices that can be sterilized, then that's a x% decrease in number of infections.

We don't need any AI for this - remote control would work just as well. Can't we get a pair of robotic hands on wheels + Oculus Rift and controller gloves for a small fraction of what an MRI device costs?


While I agree with you overall, this statement is just plain wrong from a statistical perspective:

> if we can replace x% of actions that need to be done by humans with devices that can be sterilized, then that's a x% decrease in number of infections.


A suitport[1] may be one approach

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitport


That seems like a good idea.


Don't contaminate humans, is the only one I know of.

The Miasma theory is always an issue even for the most educated/trained. By that I mean what I can't see can't hurt me.




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