Is Israel the happy medium?
They used military/police to quarantine certain neighborhoods, including the use of force. They tracked confirmed positives by the GPS on their phones. They mandated quarantine in special hotel for certain confirmed positives. They shut the country to all foreigners, including tourists, students, and many people temporarily living there.
Trump made a comment about stopping immigration until this settles and half the country collectively lost their minds. If shutting the country to foreigners was the least controversial thing Israel did, there's no way to implement a fraction of Israel's measures in the US.
Israel is also the size on NJ... It kinda changes the game in terms of containment.