Originally Posted by
BrunoLawerence
You have to remember that it was our terrible response to this pandemic at its onset that led us here. South Korea and the United States both had their first reported case on the same day. However, they are not currently under quarantine. Why?, expansive testing at the beginning of the outbreak and the ability to contact trace. We knew this was coming back in December, but we didn't take it seriously. Testing was delayed and poorly administered, therefore it was impossible to contain it. This is a failure of the current administration's response to the pandemic. Once the number of new cases is close to zero, your ability to trace the contacts of those who are affected will become feasible and only those who need to be quarantined will be. But you are right, if we do start to get this under control and we fail to continue with testing we will most certainly be back to where we started until a vaccine is made available.