Originally Posted by
noobinsf
I wish we could have a targeted approach, but without widespread testing, that is still like doing delicate surgery with boxing gloves on. So for now, we have to limit our response to things we can do with boxing gloves on.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...e-u-s-does-not
Indeed. Without having started at the outset with verification of each and every new arrival, catching all inbound folks at all ports and borders to check them ... and, yes, without a valid test and sufficient number of the gear (swabs, scanners, etc) to accomplish it, it's impossible.
But it's an interesting comparison. That of doing all the right stuff from the get-go, and blowing it off for the better part of two months as though essential precautions aren't needed.
It'd be nice if no city/county/state government in the U.S. were to designate auto+bike shops as non-essential. When "mass" transit options are being pared back, when the dial-a-ride alternatives are getting rarer, and when car-pooling is risky as anything, it's hard to seal a person's transportation" fate by also making it all but impossible to get a vehicle fixed. Hopefully none do that. I suspect, though, that it will be too tempting at some point. Someone's going to declare it verboten, to protect people.