Yes, and this phenomenon of most transmission occurring in the home was recognized in Wuhan within weeks of the start of lockdown. R was still ~= 1 even with a very strict lockdown. The solution was aggressive contact tracing, testing, and a central quarantine. If you were infected, you were forcibly taken to a quarantine facility in a stadium or convention center, etc to recover, away from your family and/or roommates.
We could have easily done the same thing in the U.S., on a voluntary basis, using otherwise empty hotel rooms, and it was discussed in March/April, but essentially never implemented.
This strategy is being employed at the University of Illinois, where undergraduate students have to be tested three times per week, test results are available within about 8 hours, and the university has a goal of quarantining any positive cases in a segregated dorm within 30 minutes of a positive test result.
The University of Illinois has had the most successful college opening in terms of controlling COVID despite it being known as somewhat of a party school.
> The University of Illinois has had the most successful college opening in terms of controlling COVID despite it being known as somewhat of a party school.
It's also in the middle of fscking nowhere.
It's a lot easier to contain a pandemic when you're not buried in a large city as well.
We could have easily done the same thing in the U.S., on a voluntary basis, using otherwise empty hotel rooms, and it was discussed in March/April, but essentially never implemented.
This strategy is being employed at the University of Illinois, where undergraduate students have to be tested three times per week, test results are available within about 8 hours, and the university has a goal of quarantining any positive cases in a segregated dorm within 30 minutes of a positive test result.
The University of Illinois has had the most successful college opening in terms of controlling COVID despite it being known as somewhat of a party school.