[Mahler9th]

The challenges with tests are documented. In even the best case, a negative test can be nearly instantly and unknowingly wrong based upon the nature of this virus. Something is probably better than nothing, but in some cases and some ways of thinking, not really much better.

I don't think of the economy as "closed."

Even if certain kinds of restrictions are used, and obvious measures are put in place to mitigate, I think it is hard to imagine folks will instantly take on risks, not only of death, but of morbidity, which can be financially crippling for them personally.

I also feel that folks may be reluctant to instantly take on financial risks as well.

I can envision a ramp. Its characteristics are much more difficult for me to see in my imagination than the characteristics of the implementation of austere measures I have actually observed and experienced.

I keep thinking of this as a global "crap sandwich," that most of us must bite in some way or the other, or in multiple ways.