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The lockdown was a necessity for countries healthcare systems to cope with the amount of people requiring care. Not doing so would have been self-inflicted soci
by boudin 6y ago
The lockdown was a necessity for countries healthcare systems to cope with the amount of people requiring care. Not doing so would have been self-inflicted social harm too, not only for people requiring healthcare because of COVID-19 but also for people requiring healthcare from other diseases.
- kalleboo 6y agoThey were a necessity in some places like NYC and parts of Europe, but in many other places, lockdown began before the virus spread there and the hospitals have been gaping empty while lockdown continues. The original tactic was "flatten the curve" to keep cases where the healthcare system could handle them, but that tactic has been changed to "get cases down to the level where we can test & trace down to zero". Sweden appears to be the only country sticking to the original flatten the curve plan, they've been keeping their R hovering around 1, staying about 20% under ICU capacity.