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The article at the link shown below argues for strong coronavirus countermeasures immediately to prevent a surge of cases that would overwhelm the healthcare system (especially the limited number of ventilators and ICU beds). These countermeasures would include that people cannot leave their home except for groceries, pharmacy hospital or required work and most businesses where people could mingle would be closed. These strong measures could work within a couple of months and prevent millions of deaths. Then the controls could be reduced and return of the coronavirus could be strictly limited by widespread testing, quarantining, and tracing contacts. This strategy has brought the rate of new infections to low levels in places like Singapore and South Korea. Meanwhile, researchers could develop treatments and vaccines.

 https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56