Everything you said does slows down the spread, but the problem is the virus moves faster than “half measures”.
Even if the “half measures” slow down the virus spread by half, they have actually slowed it down by a few days at most...
“Even if the “half measures” slow down the virus spread by half, they have actually slowed it down by a few days at most...”
The goal now is to flatten the curve as much as possible.
Reducing the peak load on the medical system.
But when “they” are doing little to prepare...a couple of days don’t matter.