De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer

Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by ratww on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @08:36AM (#23390303)

> 1) Everyone stays in their huts for 6 mos to a year with all the impacts and suffering that entails

Probably doesn't even have to be that long. A large portion of Europe is pretty much back to normal already.

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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by snickell on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:32AM (#23401905)

I have no idea, but I wouldn't be surprised to see those portions of Europe "back in the hut" again in December. That said, it does seem like if you're on the lookout, have very low case numbers, and are doing strong contact tracing, "sitting in the hut" is unnecessary except to regain control if you have a surge.

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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by ratww on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @07:44AM (#23402320)

Those are very good points.

I said we're back to normal, but I wasn't 100% fair: our borders are still semi-closed. We'll probably have another surge if we restore travel in the future from countries where Covid is active.

All in all I think it was a very small price we paid to be back on the tracks in only two months. Some companies are getting out of Kurzarbeit already (government help).

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