Also note that in Washington State we had originally received a field hospital, but the quarantine was so effective at preventing our health system from collaps

Also note that in Washington State we had originally received a field hospital, but the quarantine was so effective at preventing our health system from collapsing that the army redeployed it to California by April. There’s this constant misconception that the quarantine was about keeping people safe from COVID. It wasn’t. What it was about was preventing our hospitals from being so overwhelmed they could no longer treat emergencies or acute medical problems. The trigger for a lockdown here was pretty straightforward: over N% bed occupancy in the state hospital system was the trigger.