Before revision:  Building on the key observation that the stochastic evolution of a process such as the spread of infection has a finite extinction probability even when it is expected to grow exponentially on average , we propose a strategy of containment that falls in between the relatively mild social distancing measures and the maximally restrictive lock-down strategies.
After revision:  Building on the key observation that the spread of an infection is subject to stochastic fluctuations when infection numbers are small , we propose a strategy of containment that falls in between the relatively mild social distancing measures and the maximally restrictive lock-down strategies.