Just to “close the loop” here:
There is a 15% to 20% hospitalization rate is a healthcare worker gets the disease. That is bad for them, but tolerable for the system.
However, if/when they test positive for the disease they need to be quarantined, and that puts them “out of action” for the period of the quarantine, exactly when they are most needed on site.
To finish closing the loop..
The CDC approach could not work unless:
—All international flights were banned.
—Special/temporary CV hospitals were created in big cities all over the country and were within quarantined areas.
—Rapid quarantines (military, checkpoints, etc.) were immediately established around any “hotspots”.
—Healthcare workers were drafted so they could be brought in to replace sick/quarantined health care workers in “hotspots”.