#5SmartReads - August 11, 2020

On doing nothing, getting through COVID, and fixing 911

The way forward: How experts would clean up our COVID nightmare if they were in charge (ABC News)

“I would propose a 90% shutdown of the whole country for three weeks. No travel, no work, no school, no going out unless for emergencies and health care. We wait out the virus cycle, then gradually reopen with intensive testing and tracing. We quarantine people who test positive and set up a sensitive surveillance system to identify hotspots. This would allow a semi-opening in two to three months (still no big gathering or bars) and relatively normal life with vigilance in six months.”

We could get this under control.

Mandatory 3 week quarantine. National mask law. Ramping up instant testing and. domestic production of PPE. Focusing on reopening schools before bars. Evaluating more therapeutics for treating mild cases of COVID.

And if we focus on the first two things, we can start reopening. For good.