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Originally Posted by Seeker
Again, I'm unsure why you think this is impossible when most of the country is on lockdown right now.
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There's a difference - we can still get deliveries as the delivery drivers aren't isolated. We can go to shops, etc. You can't isolate everyone, but you can get (almost) everyone to agree to social distancing.
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This is the herd immunity idea but it involves letting a lot of susceptible people die.
If you're trying to contain an outbreak you need to know where it is. On average you carry the virus for 5 days before showing any symptoms but during that time (and afterwards) you're contagious. Wide scale testing would allow you to focus on the hot spots. If you test negative but show symptoms later you get tested again and we'd know that the area you were in may be a potential hot spot.
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You can't contain this, it's too big. Everywhere is a hot-spot. All you can do is try and protect the vulnerable - this is where testing is lacking: care home staff. You can't test everyone, it has to be targeted. As my wife says, "who exactly is going to do all this testing?"