Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to collect on economic gains

Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by Leherenn on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:03AM (#23767310)

A vaccine in the next couple years is not unthinkable I'd say.

If you have a look at the current infection rate in a lot of European (and others) countries, even reaching 50% of the population infected would take decades.

So yes, I believe that delaying is not the only possibility.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by anoncake on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:23AM (#23767402)

Keeping the virus contained for years is unthinkable. If we don't get a vaccine by next year, we won't need it anymore.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by Leherenn on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @06:35AM (#23768597)

With the current measures in Europe? Definitely doable.

It's currently mandatory masks in public, keeping distances and washing hands, and no big crowds.

Life feels pretty normal over here.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by anoncake on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @08:37AM (#23769248)

It's great that life feels normal for you, not everyone is that lucky. People have already started to disobey and it isn't even winter.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by Leherenn on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:04PM (#23774207)

Are those measures really unbearable for you? I feel like we are talking about different situations, and I'd like to understand your point of view.

I'm talking from the perspective of a European country with <100 cases/day.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by nickthemagicman on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:58AM (#23779215)

We're doing that in America and cases are skyrocketing.

A lot of places are starting to reinstitute lockdowns.

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