>Actually a few have done that. >Korea and Taiwan have effectively stopped Covid and it looks like they will keep numbers at bay long enough for a vaccine to d

>Actually a few have done that. >Korea and Taiwan have effectively stopped Covid and it looks like they will keep numbers at bay long enough for a vaccine to develop and have therefore saved countless lives They haven't actually done it, they're trying to do it. We can only determine if they're successful once its over. Even if you temporarily reduce the spread by forced quarantine/lock-down, you have to also look at the natural reservoirs for the virus, human or otherwise that will ensure that the disease doesn't go away. It originally started will a few people, and now the entire world is affected. That can still happen again in a local setting. This thing spreads like crazy as we all know. The vaccine talk is not realistic IMHO. It will be at-least a year (likely a LOT longer), there is no way Korea (or any country) is going to be in a lock-down for an indeterminate period.