Numbers of sick overwhelm the healthcare system when using this control method. What the US government is doing is seeking to control the spread so that the healthcare system can handle the extreme cases. New treatments will be developed and in time a vaccine will be rolled out. Like the President said we are fighting a war. Tactics will vary.
“Numbers of sick overwhelm the healthcare system when using this control method.”
Not if it is comparable to the regular flu for the low risk population.