[rosybox]

It's unlikely that other countries can do what China has done. As an example, China is able to do 200 CT scans a day at each fever station throughout the affected regions. In the US we can maybe do what 10 CT scans a day with a single machine? In China they were able to figure out within a short duration if someone needed to be quarantined. They built hospitals in days. It's not just about locking down. China has people taking temperatures of people entering their apartments or when they show up at work. There are drones patrolling the streets that detect people with a high temperature. I have a hard time seeing us in the US build out what China did in just a few days.

[tantalor]

Do CT scans even help?

[Osmium]

They're an effective diagnostic, faster than testing for the virus directly. At least they seem to be effective at these fever clinics. NYTimes Daily podcast had a good explanation of how these fever clinics work.

[assblaster]

It's like artificially inflated GDP numbers from producing bad steel that nobody will buy. It does something, but in the end it's really nothing, and actually quite wasteful.