I don't think the government is taking drastic measures based solely on this code. It's just a way to model facts we already know. We know that viruses spread exponentially, and we know what exponential growth looks like this just lets use model different assumptions to see how they affect that model.
Sorry I guess I wasn't clear. My point is that if this software was destroyed a year ago our response to the coronavirus would be substantially the same.
Basically that we are not relying on this model exclusively or even substantially to determine policy.
