I doubt New York City would agree with you....
At our hospital you wouldn’t see lot of people going in and out at this point in the spread....they cancelled unnecessary surgeries, lab work etc.etc. ...All entrances to the Hospital are closed except the One Lobby and Emergency.
Testing is being done at a drive thru facility....not in the Hospital...and just began last week. We have four confirmed cases in less than a week.
I went to a large Physicains buiding Wed. for shots.... Nobody is kept waiting in the waiting room ( usually full) but are excorted immediately to an exam room. They waste no time getting people in and out. I was there ten minutes and on my way out.and no chit-chatting as the nurses were very focused and serious on whatever proceedures they were taught to get people in and out.
I’d say our area is ‘ready’ , but no doubt these next weeks are going to show if these preventive measures have worked or not.
Those measures (cancel non-elective surgeries and drive thru testing) are in place most of the country.
Yeah, it’s not a game or a hoax. It’s real. I hope it’s not “more real” than what we have been told, but I’m not buying bridges in Brooklyn today, either.
I wish I could go out and DO SOMETHING to solve the problem, but the most helpful thing I can do is sit tight in my home and wait. If I didn’t have vulnerable people in the house I’d at least go work for Amazon or something to keep the supply chain rolling, but that’s a no-go. Sigh. Maybe I can talk a few people here into some sense. Best I can do.