“Mitigation can buy us time, but only suppression can get us to where we need to be.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
“We could develop tests that are fast, reliable, and ubiquitous. If we screen everyone, and do so regularly, we can let most people return to a more normal life...If we can be assured that the people who congregate aren’t infectious, they can socialize.”
“We can build health-care facilities that do rapid screening and care for people who are infected, apart from those who are not. This will prevent transmission from one sick person to another in hospitals and other health-care facilities.”
“We will need to massively strengthen our medical infrastructure. We will need to build ventilators and add hospital beds. We will need to train and redistribute physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists to where they are most needed.”
