If Sweden succeeds, lockdowns will all have been for nothing

Re:If Sweden succeeds, lockdowns will all have been for nothing by koheripbal on Saturday April 25, 2020 @08:47PM (#22983134)

Being outside isn't necessarily dangerous if you are maintaining safe distances. What continues transmission, more than anything these days, are infection chains that spread through families, at healthcare facilities, and at other essential services that remain open and include person contact or item contact.

Of course, the degree to which people take social distancing seriously impacts the R of contagion, but as the number of cases increase, so do the percentage of people that take it more seriously.

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Re:If Sweden succeeds, lockdowns will all have been for nothing by cczizou on Saturday April 25, 2020 @08:50PM (#22983166)

I agree. Where I live, social groups and families have continued to meet in person without regard to spreading the illness. My state is seeing new case counts flatten but my specific county is still gaining new cases at a higher rate than the rest of the region. It’s hard to not feel a little frustrated with these folks.

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