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In reply to the discussion: 'We blew it': U.S. reaches 'explosive' COVID-19 spread as virus is nearly impossible to control [View all]PSPS
(13,590 posts)There are only two ways to rob a virus of susceptible hosts to infect, other than just letting huge numbers of people get sick and die: Quarantine (lockdown) or immunization. Since a generally-available vaccine is at least a year away, this will require a federal effort just as it always required. Trump won't be out of the way for another 9 weeks. But we'll still have moscow mitch's duma blocking everything that will do any good. This will require a real lockdown this time PLUS regular direct federal monthly payments to every family to sustain them until there's a vaccine. That won't happen with a GOP senate.
If we had done a proper lockdown with direct regular federal payments at the beginning, the virus might have been eradicated. But we're far past that now.