LogFAQs > #936521257

I've said it before and I'll say it again, there is only one way for this to end without a ton of deaths or a very long quarantine and that is by releasing people in waves.

You start off with the people already out there for emergency jobs etc, wait 2 weeks so that those who need serious medical help in that time have recovered as much as possible, and then release 20% of the population to get back to work.

Wait another 2 weeks and release another 20% (now 60% total).

And finally after 2 more weeks the last 20% (Who are not elderly or have pre-existing conditions etc).

80% of your work force is back, only the sick/elderly are in quarantine anymore, and things are mainly back to normal before the end of May.

That would cut down seriously on deaths, prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, but still allow people to get back to work in a fairly resonable amount of time.

It's not a perfect solution, but it is a solution that would cover both bases as much as possible, preventing a majority of the deaths, while also getting things back to normal as fast as you can without a massive number of people getting infected.

You could, I guess, halve the time by releasing 40% a pop, but only if you had the medical supplies/beds etc ready for such large numbers of people getting sick at once. That could enable most people to be back at work by the end of april though...and is still better than any solution that has most of the US quanrantine until everyone is released at the end of april etc, or even possibly may.

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