Okay...this is how I see America in 2020...

[FarPoint]

From where I am sitting...this is what I think needs to be going on.....we must test everyone, then quarantine those positive for COVID 19, then retest them...the target goal is ZERO infections... TESTING/ QUARINTINE/ RE-TESTING is as essential as breathing in resolving this pandemic..

This will take a few more months if we remain locked down, everyone wears a mask, practice ongoing hand washing and use hand sanitizer like a Nurse in a Home Care setting business..

So, here ya go... a nurse washes hands as soon as she enters a home..( wears a mask now when entering every home and for duration of visit) uses hand sanitizer during any touching pre-post, uses disinfectant to on all surfaces, equipment/ pre-post client contact...then with next visit. Repeat...cleans with disinfectant the car/ steering wheel, door handles etc...when nurse goes home...enters say thru the garage, strips down and places clothes in dryer....say 15 minutes...then washes clothes., washes hands, shower and changes into comfortable clothes all before seeing family....cleans off door nobs with disinfectant...

This is how everyone needs to behave for at least the next few months...I actually believe this will last for another 18 months and/or until we get a vaccine..

If we open up for business as usual, malls, sports...we rekindle the mass infectious epidemic without any ability to track, isolate and quarantine...There will be 600, 000 deaths in a month...the 49 states at least will be a hot spot...

So, stock up on canned goods, plant a garden, try home canning with a pressure canner, continue your hand washing, disinfectant regime, always wear a mask when out in public and take hand sanitizer with you...It will be like " The Walking Dead" Season 1.

[FarPoint]

2. Yes...

I so hope there is some sense of society intact by the time we get a vaccine.

[FarPoint]

4. Acceptance of this change...may it be temporary or not...

This is an essential step....we all need to suck it up and protect ourselves and others...

I am in Ohio...so...

Governor DeWine is under extreme political pressure to open up Ohio...I believe Ohio Nurses Association has been a strong advocate for his steadfast protection of life verses feeding into denial thinking of those wanting to play...thus rekindling pandemic mass infections in Ohio. The tRumpsters are LOUDLY protesting the State House...I pray he says strong.

[Laelth]

5. As a practical matter, I don't see how we can "test everyone."

All the tests of every single American would have to be done at the same time in order to isolate those with the virus, and that's impossible. Besides which, the tests we have now are unacceptably inaccurate. Not only is it impossible for us to test everyone at the same time, it would be pointless to do so without vastly more accurate tests.

-Laelth

[Lady Freedom Returns]

6. So, what about the homeless?

Shelters are either on lockdown or just not take in people like they used to due to the social distance need.

[Aristus]

7. Our clinic is open for testing.

But most of our homeless patients are going to the emergency rooms or urgent care centers if they have symptoms.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

8. We are still having issues getting testing to homeless here

in Tucson.