> I would say the answer to #1 is that spread is absolutely inevitable. The WHO disagrees: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-openin

> I would say the answer to #1 is that spread is absolutely inevitable. The WHO disagrees: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-mission-briefing-on-covid-19---12-march-2020 https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-... > "Test everyone!" To what end? You don't need to test people in order to know if they need an ICU. The ICUs are not full - and you don't need more testing to tell you that. The main benefit to more testing would be that people who are self-quarantining due to potential exposure could maybe stop self-quarantining earlier. That's a fairly marginal benefit. Germany was ahead of the curve testing people and as a result (so far) they are weathering the virus much better than most other countries (including the US): https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-10/germany-and-coronavirus https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-10/german... It's not all about the testing for them but in the article they do count it as a key reason why they are doing well so far.