I’ll be honest.
When we saw this coming 2 months ago I never envisioned ‘shutdowns’.
I figured we’d do things like Singapore. Quarantine the positives and their contacts. It’s really a sensible thing to do.
But that would have required testing. Apparently that’s beyond the CDC’s mission. Or something.
We didn’t ‘prep’ for a shutdown specifically. We prepped for hubby to work from home as much as possible and avoid any *other* trips (grocery store, hardware store, etc) to avoid our OWN exposure being more than necessary.
The shutdowns took us by surprise.
None of this would have been necessary if CDC had been as on the ball as Singapore.
Of note, Singapore’s consultant in this matter (disease spread) is Nicholas Taleb.
Maybe we should hire him. He couldn’t be worse than what we have now.
But, then after it became apparent it was spiraling out of control, I really thought they'd institute heavier travel restrictions and lock downs. Kinda shocked that they haven't.
Only two conclusions you can draw, 1. they are massively incompetent or 2. it was intended to spread.
My take is everything that happens in China never stays in China. So expect a confrontation on a bridge somewhere between US cities. That occurred yesterday in China. When it happens here, there will be some shooting from both sides.