Sweden the only country with Correct Approach to CVD-19

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^But for countries like the UK we aren't going to be in lockdown for two years. They aren't trying to stop it, just slow it down.

Who is talking about a locked economy for two years?

They are already talking about opening things up and how to do it in Connecticut.
There are still a lot of confirmed deaths each day here.

A lot of the spread is due to just a few situations. Large gatherings. Parties.
Work situations that put people in close proximity, like large offices without walls.
Eating in restaurants that put people together for the better part of an hour.

It isn't just exposure to the virus, but how much exposure. Health care workers are at risk because
they have so much exposure to the virus. So are meat packing workers stuck in crowded facilities.
An executive in his own private office? Not so much, particularly if he washes his hands after touching
any surfaces shared with those who work in open offices.

People end up hospitalized due to poor health. Overweight. Diabetes. High blood pressure. Smoking.
It would be much less of a problem if people who caught the virus didn't need hospitalization.

The vaccine isn't going to be ready (hypothetically) for another 18 months

The 2 yr lockdown scenario is for countries where the easing of restrictions keeps resulting in spikes in infections and a continual resumption of restrictions every few months.

Sweden may have already achieved herd immunity so they can continue as they are till the vaccine is developed for those who are vulnerable.

We don't have this essential / non-essential differentiation, all shops are allowed to operate with precautions and a lot of them sell online anyway.
I think, despite general incompetence of our current ruling class, one thing here has been done right: Poland started locking down early, with the first confirmed cases, before the virus had time to spread.

Yes I think that's the mother's day debacle where thousands of Melbournians flooded the major shopping centres to buy trinkets for their mothers.

Also people have been breaching the social distancing rule for months in private house gatherings. Its amusing to see people tip toe in and out of their parent, girlfriends, friends homes in nighttime.

^Our prime minister's job is to come up with the answer that everyone wants to hear too. We're (mostly) obeying

the rules here, because they make sense to us and fit what's happening.

Boris looks stupid, but he isn't; he knows we can't be lead where we don't want to go. Persuade us it's the right

thing or shut up.

I don't see the Swedes being radically different so a significant portion of them must back the approach they have

gone for.

Only Taiwan did the correct approach.

Sweden admits failure to protect elderly in care homes

That's really sad
I think the concept of "isolating the vulnerable and the rest go on with their lives" sounds nice, but it's extremely hard to actually implement. Sweden apparently failed to do so.

While Sweden's approach of diving into herd immunity is not universally supported, an Australian infectious disease expert advising the Australian government on the spread of Covid-19 has warned there is no guarantee that a vaccine will be found soon.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... t-tells-qa
Prof Jodie McVernon, director of Doherty Epidemiology, told the ABC’s Q+A program she was concerned there was “dogma out there” that a vaccine for the virus could be found within a year to 18 months.

McVernon said there were “no certainties here” and while she hoped a vaccine could be found “it isn’t a guarantee”.

She said: “That’s why this needs to be a much more nuanced discussion about how we learn to live with this new virus, how we adapt to it over time, how we mitigate its risks and harms, how we keep looking for new therapies and other treatments that might reduce the death toll … and hoping for a vaccine, but being aware it may not come. That is important.”