I really would have hoped that by now we have something more refined than shutting everything down. A lot of people are unhappy with how California has been handling this and as far as I can tell their frustrations are justified.
Joe Biden had an idea. Everyone wear a mask for 100 days
That would be akin to kneecapping the corone and get back control as it's r0 value drops below 1
It would be as effective as the influenza vaccine is to the flu
Now couple that with social distancing and avoiding unnecessarily large gatherings and you could do what Victoria in Australia did. Gone from an uncontrolled outbreak to now virtually corone free.
But I guess humans are too selfish to self centred to care about anyone outside their own family unit. What good is a community when you don't give a shit for the welfare of others in it?