handle the influx of patients because we produced x thousands of ventilators in 2020, then I would bet the country would jump on getting a testing kit going ASAP, getting experts to compare morbidity with this current virus and get ready for it to hit the US. I doubt there would be calls for a massive shut down, but more a roll up our sleeves and get ready to deal with it when it does come.
We might be more aware, we might see more death rate optics kind of like countdown clocks as a new reality