[lliamander]

Even as someone who has vulnerable dependents and has been following the situation closely, I agree that complete lockdown is unsustainable for much longer.

I agree with these recommendations. I would also add that increasing the capacity of the hospital system to deal with additional load (i.e. increased production of ventilators, therapy drugs, etc.) is also necessary.

On the positive side, from what I can tell, many of these things are already happening.

I think lockdown procedures (i.e. broad stay-at-home orders, etc.) are absolutely necessary as a stop-gap measure to slow the spread of the disease. But slowing the spread is not the endgame. The point of slowing is so that we have time to plan the endgame, and to ramp up the other countermeasures.