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The Chinese were able to almost entirely solve this issue by March 2020 without lethal measures, and without effecting most of the population for extended periods of time. Due to their lack of large quantities of medical technology their fatality rate was around 2%, and if you applied this to the overall population you're talking about a very large pile of dead Chinamen. Letting things fester seems only remotely viable if you have more equipment than any state realistically has. I think was Alan Perlis who said: Americans solve problems with much equipment and little thought. Maybe if you had controlled outbreaks with a smaller amount of equipment this could also work, haha.