There is no avoiding it altogether, but the responsible course of action is to take every measure to delay the full onset for as long as possible (spring/summer would be an easier time to deal with it) and to try to keep the flow of new cases as uniformly low as possible, to prevent the health service from being completely overwhelmed.
We are currently in the containment phase, but once home grown cases start to increase exponentially, the authorities will have to move into a mitigation phase.
Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum