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> The country is pretty much shut down. No, it isn't yet. I'm in the office right now, with thousands of my colleagues. > And you aren't going to be able to
by Seenso 7y ago
> The country is pretty much shut down.
No, it isn't yet. I'm in the office right now, with thousands of my colleagues.
> And you aren't going to be able to test ~60 _million_ people who will ultimately be infected with this
Maybe not, but you don't want to discourage people from getting tested now. Getting a positive test is an important cue to take extra stringent isolation measures.
Aggressive testing helps reduce the need for stringent, general measures like lockdowns:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-response-specialre/italy-and-south-korea-virus-outbreaks-reveal-disparity-in-deaths-and-tactics-idUSKBN20Z27P https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-respon...