We would not have to have locked down if we had tested. See South Korea. Testing is everything. Test, isolate and contact tracing. If we want to end this lockdown that is what we will have to do. I do not understand WTF the President is doing. He should be using the entire force of the government to procure enough test kits, swabs, and reagents so we can do testing. Almost nothing else is important except PPE.
The ID people knew at the time of the travel ban it was too late to do any good except to buy time. I heard and interview with
this guy from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security on Dr. Radio. He pointed out that on 1/31 China announced that Patient zero 12/1/19 was unrelated to the wet market. That means it was not animal to human contact is was people to people contact. With a 2 week incubation period Covid-19 had been circulating in China since at least the middle of November. That means it had a 2+1/2 month head start and it would be a pandemic. Nothing couls be done to stop it.
I am sick and tired of anyone who attempts to defend this administration. You are health care professional. You can't possibly buy this BS that is being peddled. Anyone who understands public health understands testing is everything and until we fix this we will not be able to control this virus. It is an epic failure of leadership.