Identify What We are Doing Wrong in Containing the Disease

    I would, indeed, have us determine the hygiene practices of those coming down with COVID-19. Quiz them: Do you wear a face mask whenever in the presence of others? Do you often let it slip off your nose, thus covering only your mouth? Do you keep the nose ridge pinched tight so air cannot leak in? How often are you part of group gatherings? How often are those gatherings indoors? Do you stand in the same spot while talking to others for extended periods of time? Etc.

   But, I would not make answering the survey mandatory. If someone did not want to disclose their practices, that would be their right. Public health is important. Doing what we can to fight it is right. But, it is also true the people have their rights to not to give personal information.

   The disease is communicable. It only spreads through contact. If we are failing to contain it, it most likely is that we are failing somewhere in the process of face-masking, social distancing or such. If we inquire into those getting the disease to determine what it is they are failing to do, we might well be able to identify what we need to do to stop the spread.