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Add Norway and Denmark to the list of countries that have halted large part of their economic activity. Honestly, I think the UK, Sweden et al. will be "voted
by marvin 7y ago
Add Norway and Denmark to the list of countries that have halted large part of their economic activity.
Honestly, I think the UK, Sweden et al. will be "voted out" here. Commerce can't continue between countries that follow the China/South Korea model of keeping R0 < 1, because frequent large outbreaks are bound to follow. Britain can't economically dominate its neighbors like that today. Sweden, forget about it.
This is a spectacular high-stakes experiment. But if Boris Johnson isn't persuaded by public opinion and a high death toll, his trading partners will.
Both approaches put strong selection pressure on the virus to mutate to a milder form, so even in the absence of a vaccine, we'll win in the long term.