Re: Dr WHO
There is a difference between what works for you when you are the only person doing it. If the majority followed your pattern, things might've turned out differently.
Usually in these type of discussions someone will mention Sweden. Sweden had no official lockdown, but... I live in Sweden. People kept their distance. When Norway closed their borders, the local shopping center here almost shut down. There were maybe a dozen cars in the parking lot that on a normal day would've been packed full (thousands of cars). In schools they made sure kids would wash their hands with alcohol before meals. Of course that had an impact. My kids have never been that healthy, nor me for that matter. In the big cities restaurants suffered because officials advised people to stay home. People with a cough were told to stay home from work. Heck, perfectly healthy people were encouraged to work from home if at all practically possible.
If my observation is correct, namely that other diseases were put on a hiatus, would that not also apply to covid-19? (once schools around here relaxed a bit we experienced a return of the usual diseases so common in the past)
It was claimed that emergency rooms in the beginning struggled to map out a good way to treat covid-patients. Later it was claimed that a covid-patient would occupy a bed for much longer than other similar respiratory diseases. If that is true, it made sense to try to slow the spread down as much as possible.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
