We need an immediate covid 19 plan
We need immediate plan to deal with the virus. Unfortunately most of the immediate actions have to be taken by the executive branch which is run by a moron.
We have passed the point where this could be contained by monitoring people who travelled and their contacts. We have to cast a much wider net.
A lot of us got told over the past week to work from home. Until end of month seems to be the message but that’s not going to be enough. The infectious window is longer apparently.
Containment is going to need massive testing and isolation or the infection will spread. Maybe it burns out naturally but that’s a horrible strategy. Testing has to be free and readily available. How many kits have been ordered and what is our lab capacity for test processed per day? Are the logistics of where to go for testing and where the results will be processed and how the notifications will be handled all been worked out?
All of that should be publicly available and tracked. That’s what i want the media to focus on. I don’t care what anyone says, I want the status tracked and reported daily. That’s the only way to know they aren’t still screwing up and lying.
What are our treatment plans. If we don’t bend the infection rate down soon there will be too many patients. Do we have plans to set up treatment centers if necessary? We need a better plan than waiting and hoping hospitals don’t become overwhelmed. Figure out where to set up temporary centers and start the logistical work and hope we don’t need it.
We need to deal with the immediate economic issue that people can’t afford to stay home. Testing isn’t going to work if we don’t deal with that. Tested positive and can’t afford it, go to work. Force positive people to quarantine and people won’t test until the are sick and have been infectious for two weeks.
Longer term economic consequences need to be addressed but stopping the virus from spreading also lessens those.
