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Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond by DennisP on Friday August 21, 2020 @10:28AM (#24235152)
The U.S. has certainly proven that repeated partial lockdowns just end up dragging on forever without helping much.

Meanwhile, lots of other countries have locked down more seriously, held firm until the virus was under control, did good testing and tracing as they eased up, convinced people to make some small effort to protect each others' lives by wearing masks, and now are opening their economies without having to accept endemic disease and mass death.

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Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond by zxspectrum1982 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @06:04PM (#24247639)
Lots of other countries have locked down more seriously and causing a huge damage to their economies, only to find that hard lock down is completely useless. The moment you remove the lock down, coronavirus spreads again. This virus is here to stay and it's a lot less dangerous than it was thought at the beginning.
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