I have to respectfully disagree that nothing can be done. Singapore’s efforts to stop the virus have had fantastic success, but it was aided enormously by the 4.5 billion they immediately spent on it, and high level of surviellance their populace is willing to live with.
But things like social distancing do work to flatten the curve, delay the surge on the healthcare system, and even out rates of infection so that society doesn’t suffer nearly as much.
Trump should focus on encouraging those strategies, not telling people it’s not that big a deal, and they should keep eating out.
Singapore is a small, socially strict society.
While I think they have done the gold standard in containment, there is no way any city in the US would ever be able to have the control over the population.
They are two worlds that are simply too far apart.
Singapore is an island of about 280 sq.miles with relatively easy to contril boundaries. with a population just under 6 million.
Compare this to the city of Los Angeles, with an area 470 sq miles and population of about 4 million. This doesn't include the entire L.A. Metro area.