Effect of economic crisis on America’s small businesses [slides]
The virus is terrible.  But our solution could turn into an economic catastrophe.  It simply isn&#x27;t possible to shut down the economy and then pay people, businesses to sit idle for an undetermined amount of time.<p>The solution is aggressive, continuous testing so that people can feel safe going back out.<p>1. Make hundreds and millions of the rapid tests available.  
2. Deploy them to every business, every institution.
3. Test everybody coming into work every morning.
4. Isolate and quarantine the positive ones.
5. Elderly and immunocompromised self-quarantine.<p>Lets find the actual contours of this infection within the population.  And then squeeze it down.<p>- Want to get into a theme park? You need a negative test result on your phone from this morning.<p>- You got tested at one of the thousands of mobile test stations.  You received a code with your test.<p>- 15 minutes later, you get a test result on your phone - also sent to a national database in real time.<p>- The theme park worker scans your phone and validates the result.<p>This is not a fool-proof system.  But it or something like it will instantly reduce anxiety of people trying to work.<p>If you knew that everyone at your coffee house, at your gym, in your lecture hall, etc. tested negative in the morning.  You&#x27;d feel safer and we&#x27;d all be able to move forward.