The doctor on facebook may be correct but I would prefer to have my risk assessments delivered by experts in the field.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK525302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK54163/

I think it would be a reasonable assumption that containment has likely failed. The next objective would be to slow the spread. This time of year seasonal influenza makes a demand on acute care bedspace. Slowing the spread enables intensive care facilities to deal with larger numbers over time.
An uncontrolled spike would rapidly overwhelm available resources. No matter what sort of health system is in place, it cannot deal adaquately with a surge in demand for intensive care. Whatever side of the political spectrum is in power, there will be contingency plans that have been wargamed for a pandemic. We probably will not like many of the proposed control measures and the economy will likely take a massive hit, but pandemics do occur. The bblack death was a particularly nasty example and even today plague pits are treated with care.(though experts say they are unlikely to pose a risk)