To compare the Norwegian response to the American response, and to presume any competence in America, seems quite irrational at this point to me. There are people out mixing in nyc in ways that will allow virus transfer when it gets back here one way or another. As time goes on more and more people are out. If there was no testing delay I would absolutely agree with you, but we are looking at a week minimum delay. The conditions bear more and more similarity to March. De Blasio (who deserves no respect on how he has handled any of the problems facing nyc currently) is trying to reopen the schools. Maybe only one of these things would be ok, but this is a disaster in the making.

I'm thinking he is (as am I) in the US. We sometimes forget there are countries outside of this one.

If all those things were being done in the US, then you wouldn't have to isolate. But they're not.