> * we find specifics about transmission and can avoid it with low-impact responses instead of lockdown I think this is a very important point, and I have some

> * we find specifics about transmission and can avoid it with low-impact responses instead of lockdown I think this is a very important point, and I have some hopes that we will. Austria reopened smaller shops (below a certain number of square meters; supermarkets and other "essential" stores were open all the time) eight days ago, with a limit on how many customers may be admitted at a time, and a requirement to wear masks. If this were dangerous, we should have started to see a rise in new cases per day, but they have mostly been sinking over this period. Further businesses will follow in the coming weeks, with the numbers being monitored. I think that over the next few months we should get pretty good data on what seems to work and what doesn't. The solution will not be limited to "wash your hands, don't touch your face" like we thought in early March, but neither is this virus impossible to keep in check using some hygienic and distancing measures.