At this point, I think we are on the right path. However, you should read about what Iceland has done. They have very few deaths and I think we could have done that had we been allowed to get the tests from other countries. Iceland is doing frequent testing, putting those sick in quarantine, and tracing where each person caught the virus from. It's been very effective.
My opinion is based on discussions with physicians and nurses working directly with these patients. I've had many friends who are pretty sure they've had the virus, some that were confirmed and have friends who have had family members and friends die from this. The majority of these deaths were people under the age of 50 and no health conditions at all. About 40% of the people hospitalized are under the age of 55.
Unfortunately, it isn't just the elderly and the "immune compromised" who are at risk. Much younger people without any health issues are getting this and dying. Perhaps the elderly and immune compromised were the first to get this, but others are getting it now too. If people don't die, some are left with lung, heart and neurological problems. One friend of mine has a grandchild who was under a year old. She didn't die, but is now left with permanent brain damage.
If our country would have acted much faster and locked things down sooner, that might have really helped. At this point, it will slow things down, but since it seems like we're hearing all over the place that people aren't stopping their gathering in groups, so we aren't truly 'locked down.' The problem with this is that not only will the virus be here longer, it will most likely mutate and keep coming back. Warmer weather doesn't seem to affect it as much, so this will probably turn out to be much more deadly than the flu. When viruses mutate, there is a chance that it could mutate into something even worse.
This virus is very contagious and with the potentially long incubation period and a lot of people with no symptoms who have it, it's easy to spread.
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