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by shrikant 2284 days ago
I found an earlier reference (May 2006) in the context of transmission prevention here [0]:

> The idea that within a week or two of a pandemic's initiation we could quench it by saturating a ring of at-risk population with oseltamivir, achieving 90% coverage and high compliance, and at the same time impose movement restrictions and social distancing—all this depending on the causal virus having an Ro <2·0—is simply fanciful.

[0] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS014067...

It's also referenced here [1] in the context of the SARS pandemic, but I'd argue that the usage isn't quite the same.

[1] https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/bsp.2004.2.265