One other thing. The quarantine of American Samoa is the only lockdown that provably worked against this type of virus. Ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers CAN be controlled via lockdown because they burn themselves out quickly. They kill the majority of their victims, and no one gets infected without showing symptoms.
Viruses like covid infect enormous numbers of people who never present with symptoms, thus they spread t bgg e virus far and wide long before the people they infect present with symptoms.
Viruses like covid infect enormous numbers of people who never present with symptoms, thus they spread t bgg e virus far and wide long before the people they infect present with symptoms.