I found this: http://pandemicbreak.org/
Widespread testing might not be that far off and feedback might not be that delayed.
Edit: Since HN won't let me comment fast enough I figured I'd share the information here.
We were referred to Stanford by our PCP yesterday. We were not members of Stanford Health prior. The process looked like this:
- Video chatted with our PCP yesterday evening, who referred us to Stanford Health.
- Video chatted a few hours later with a physician from Stanford Health who approved the test.
- Scheduled the test for noon the next day
We are not overtly symptomatic for most of the symptoms (at the moment, it has been worse) and have not travelled abroad in a relevant timespan.
[0] https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/04/04/stanford-researcher...
In this particular case, the plan is great for personal life but is clearly infeasible economically. You can't just toggle a factory on and off every 2 weeks; it depends on supply chains extending weeks into the past and feeds into chains extending weeks into the future. Any complex business which is turned off in the 2 week breaks isn't going to be sustainable in the other 2 weeks.
Now consider the alternative. You know that you will be open in 2 weeks, you know when you need get parts there, and you know when demand will show up. You can still use some amount of "essential" work at the corners. The point of the two phases is to make sure that things don't blow back up again and to make it obvious to everyone that it's fair.
Then, demand is shifted rather than destroyed and the economy can function at slightly reduced capacity while still keeping the viral contagion controlled (not some crazy let's hope there's herd immunity and let everyone get it, or we'll keep the ICUs full for 18 months and hope the immunity lasts that long).
But like quenching an old school high gain regenerative reciever.. the Pandemic Break doesn't require any feedback!
The ~2week quarantine time exponentially reduces carriers at a faster rate than the ~2 week open time allows them to spread.
The idea is to allow commerce/socialization to be shifted into the open time while keeping the number of infected falling to deal with super-spreading or other events. This way though you could have a wedding and keep your parents... or have a corner store and the old grocer, a bar and a bartender.
You do ask what billionaire funds that website you cite. No contact details usually indicate a Citizens United style slush fund.