One aspect of all of this that is going totally unremarked is we are foolishly (IMHO) throwing decades of principles and rationale for medical testing to the winds. 40 years ago “Screening normal people” for disease ushered in a new era that brought with it poorly or completely unanticipated effects that we are still dealing with after decades. AFAIK mass medical testing of large masses of humanity for the indication of “I want a test” has never been done and if past performance is a predictor I would guess we will be dealing with the fallout from this for decades.
Well, I’m no epidemiologist (nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night), but for assessing the spread of a novel virus into a population, widespread testing might not be a bad idea...?
And we’re talking quick test, not serology?
It’s not “screening normal people” or whoever says “I want a test”. It’s aimed at screening only people with symptoms.
The press briefings are very good and show a very good plan.