I think that is what the flubros and those too quick to do away with the restrictions don't get. This is not the flu. It's not pneumonia. This something completely different and, it's incredibly dangerous. The more they research this virus, they more they discover and none of it is good.
Or it could have been incredibly dangerous but it is turning into much less dangerous. So what we have accomplished with our efforts is to “reboot” the epidemic to a “new” one with more favorable Ro and CFR. Let’s hope for that because people have pretty clearly done all they are gonna do. With a CFR of less than one percent the argument to “just drive on through” is going to carry a lot of weight, at least at the beginning.
It's similar to a common flu and first attacks the usual suspects, one end of the age spectrum or the other, and it has lethal effects that may not show up for a long time or until exposed to another pathogen in your system (one that you may be immune to) or the antibodies for some common virus that typically has a minimum of effects.
That sort of stuff (in theory and when properly introduced into the target population so as to leave no obvious connections) makes it nearly impossible to be sure whether or not you've been attacked with a biological weapon or are just dealing with a new and heretofore unknown natural virus.
Clumsy bastards letting it get loose near the point of origin isn't a proper introduction into a target population.
JMHo
It's almost like it was designed that way.
I think they get it but what is the alternative. Please show us when in history the entire population was quarantined. While this isn't a total quarantine; it's quarantine light for most of the nation.
Think maybe we should get back to letting the ill be quarantined while the healthy get on with their lives. Can't be a shut-in forever.
It keeps pointing back to China and a bio-weapon. A very ugly bio-weapon.