[GenericsMotors]

> Except in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, or (more arguably) Japan. And South Korea, while they had a rougher early outbreak, seems to have gotten a lid on the disease now.

And how long can they keep strict containment in force, and what happens when it lifted? You're speaking as if China or SK are now magically immune from a second wave as soon as they relax their restrictions.

[baq]

they're building testing capacity to test everybody arriving in the country.

[GenericsMotors]

Good for them, lets see how long that takes and how effectively that works at a pre-epidemic scale, and over the long term.

[aidos]

Surely that’s not a viable long term solution?

[baq]

it's the most viable until a vaccine comes, so why not?