> I'm not sure this "test and release" strategy works unless absolutely everybody gets tested simultaneously. This is misunderstanding exactly the text you are

> I'm not sure this "test and release" strategy works unless absolutely everybody gets tested simultaneously. This is misunderstanding exactly the text you are quoting. The goal with epidemic management is NOT to seek out and destroy every last case of the disease. All we need to do is reduce the spread rate so the exponent in the equation goes from above one to below one. At that point, the outbreak will shrink over time on its own. Critically, new/undetected outbreaks with an R0<1 won't get purchase and grow, because they can't. At that point, the population is "safe". Individuals aren't, people might still get sick randomly. But this isn't a policy for individual safety per se.