[zamfi]

I’m surprised that no one here is mentioning the example of South Korea. [1]

They are not in total lockdown, but they are doing extensive testing and contact tracing, and substantial isolation of anyone who might be contagious.

Once we get testing infrastructure ramped up, this is not an unreasonable plan in the United States.

[1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51836898

[bcrosby95]

Because it's too late. The time for that in the US was at least two weeks ago. This is why the US response to this has been driving so many of us crazy. The later you respond the fewer options you have.

[vinay427]

To be fair, every western country has missed this boat as far as I can tell. People are similarly confused and angry in the country (in Europe) I live in even though the testing rate is far higher here.

[zamfi]

The original question was what to do post-lockdown.

To be clear, lockdown is the only option for the US right now. But then what?

[seunosewa]

Wait until the rest of the world catches up with you, else they'll reinfect you as soon as lockdown ends.

[mdavidn]

One other consideration: The population of the United States is six times larger than South Korea's. Keep this in mind when comparing the total number of cases in each country.

[unlinked_dll]

See I disagree with this perspective.

Yea, we're bigger. We also have more cities with high populations. But What SK did primarily in Seoul is the perfect pilot program to expand into national policy.

The problem is our government is filled with people deferring upward for decision making until it was too late.

Even today, the President went on TV with "guidelines." Not policy, not action, and certainly not teeth behind those guidelines. This is the inaction that we're fuming about.