[beager]

I think a smart approach will be to deploy these “emergency brakes” as TFA mentions, but preferably far before it seems necessary, because of the cryptic transmission and long incubation period.

And a lot of comments here talk about restrictions deployed simply to avoid an overwhelm of the healthcare system. While that’s important, the longer we can prevent the disease running through the population, the lower we can make the case severity and fatality rate due to advancements in treatment.

A lot of commentary on COVID-19 recently presumed that we can’t control outcomes, only the rate of spread. That may be true at a point in time, but the longer we hold out, the better the outcomes will be on the tail end with advancements in treatment research.