the comparison makes no sense, of course they will have more cases, the goal was never to match the number of cases. Every country will have to reopen like Swe

the comparison makes no sense, of course they will have more cases, the goal was never to match the number of cases. Every country will have to reopen like Sweden, most plan to do so within weeks, note how no country has eradicated the disease - what do you think will happen when they reopen? Exactly what is happening in Sweden. The goal of the flattening is to avoid overloading the hospitals not to "win". There is no winning. The only difference will be that they still have their economy in good shape.