All the effort and expense involved in developing treatments and therapies for ill people would be unnecessary should the populace heeded early warnings and stay in place orders implemented and enforced. It's time for everyone to realize mistakes were made from day one by those in positions to influence activities and actions of populace around the world.
Staying home, social distancing, flattening the curve, etc DOES NOT mean that less people will get exposed to the virus or get sick from it. It's purpose is to slow down the rate of infection and extend it over time, so that the health care system does not get overwhelmed with a huge, steep spike of cases all at once. Instead, there is a gradual amount of infections over time that they can deal with.
Hiding in our homes is not a cure. Eventually we all need to gain "herd immunity" and develop antibodies. That only happens 2 ways: an effective immunization (working on it, but still a long way off), or getting exposed to the virus and recovering (this is already happening).
