[Snorlax94]

I understand the point of identifying cases. But the task seems to me herculean.

A Herculean, impossible task -- you mean like defeating Nazi Germany or sending a man to the moon?

Other countries are able to test and trace, and some of the successful ones are good at it because they built up their capacity during previous outbreaks -- SARS, MERS, Ebola, H1N1.

Given the fact that these things are only becoming more common -- and, I've seen a scientist predict outbreaks will become more and more common in the future (due to increased development in jungles, increased travel, and Global Warming, which will make mosquito-based illnesses more common), this will just be part of the new, more frequent normal. Testing and Tracing is no greater juggernaut than being a team that went 1-11, facing a #1 U S C team as one of the greatest underdogs ever.

America needs to strap up, put on its pads and win. It has done so -- and won -- over and over in the past.

[Snorlax94]

I understand the point of identifying cases. But the task seems to me herculean.

A Herculean, impossible task -- you mean like defeating Nazi Germany or sending a man to the moon?

Other countries are able to test and trace, and some of the successful ones are good at it because they built up their capacity during previous outbreaks -- SARS, MERS, Ebola, H1N1.

Given the fact that these things are only becoming more common -- and, I've seen a scientist predict outbreaks will become more and more common in the future (due to increased development in jungles, increased travel, and Global Warming, which will make mosquito-based illnesses more common), this will just be part of the new, more frequent normal. Testing and Tracing is no greater juggernaut than being a team that went 1-11, facing a #1 U S C team as one of the greatest underdogs ever.

America needs to strap up, put on its pads and win. It has done so -- and won -- over and over in the past.