Yes, and: Still too early to be doing the post mortem. The Economists' blathering at this stage is very irresponsible. I'm keenly interested in comparative ana

Yes, and: Still too early to be doing the post mortem. The Economists' blathering at this stage is very irresponsible. I'm keenly interested in comparative analysis of "natural experiments". Like maybe Norway vs Sweden, South Korea vs Singapore. Twins where the only, at least major, difference was their policy. But that kind of analysis takes time. -- I'm a germaphobe (transplant, immune compromised). I'm anxious every flu season. I was on alert about coronavirus in Dec 2019 and self-isolating, masking by Feb 2020. I share this TMI to explicitly state that I'm not the right person to weigh in on these public health policy questions. I will always be over cautious. A few of my relatives obsess over every hiccup, misstep. Like inaccurate count of deaths attributed to COVID-19. Infuriating. They too are not objective commentators. I keep telling them "It's too early. People will write books about this for years to come. Then we can figure out what happened." But they're more interested in the fight.