we seem to be stuck between 2 strategies

lockdown + testing (but without actually doing the testing bit properly), and

Swedish/Danish laissez faire/voluntary isolation

or at least, we went ineffectively from one to the other.

so at the moment we seem to be heading for economic (and therefore human/political) disaster, but without necessarily getting on top of the virus. Instinctively, I tend to think that prolonging the lockdown will have far worse effects that not doing so (though over a different period, in respect of different groups) - but lifting it without proper testing is politically very difficult indeed.

so all in all, it's not v pretty.

Posted By: paulg on April 3rd 2020 at 10:39:06

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how will the lockdown be ended? (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 3, 09:42:26
- Nuclear war (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Chris Peacock, Apr 3, 13:05:50
- we'll all have an app with our own QR code (Coronavirus) - dr fanta, Apr 3, 11:12:59
  - Yeah,it's funny one again,the conspiracy theorists are being (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 3, 11:25:01
- Antibody testing (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Apr 3, 10:54:37
  - They also dont know how long immunity will last (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Jim, Apr 3, 11:59:11
    - That's because covid is a new disease. But... (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Apr 3, 12:09:21
  - big issue there is if releasing people with antibodies (Coronavirus) - CWC, Apr 3, 11:56:33
  - That sounds right to me (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Apr 3, 11:00:25
- we seem to be stuck between 2 strategies (Coronavirus) - paulg, Apr 3, 10:39:06
- by osmosis (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Bristol Graham, Apr 3, 10:00:34
- This sounds promising. (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 3, 09:49:48
- Dr Campbell was on about that last week,no exit strategy. 😉 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 3, 09:46:31
  - I think we just need to get on top of it and buy time really don;t we (Coronavirus) - Jim, Apr 3, 09:53:04
    - They wouldn't be that stupid to lift it all at once like that (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 3, 11:15:52
      - Yes. I was thinking more in terms of how people who have been stuck at home (Coronavirus) - Jim, Apr 3, 11:35:06
      - It was 11pm in the old days.🍺 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 3, 11:21:43
      - imagine trying to get served at the bar (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Apr 3, 11:18:31
    - a 3 month lockdow would be a catastrophe tho, wouldn't it? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Apr 3, 11:00:57

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