>the lockdown is not about stopping the virus in its tracks. It is about spreading it out over a period of time. It's unclear what the lockdown is about at all

>the lockdown is not about stopping the virus in its tracks. It is about spreading it out over a period of time. It's unclear what the lockdown is about at all since the government messaging has been incoherent. Many countries have (so far) succesfully contained the virus without herd immunity through contact tracing, and the US government has been making vague comments about pursuing something along those lines despite not doing anything to increase testing volumes to the levels necessary for contact tracing.