Just watched an interesting programme about how South Korea is dealing with the situation and 'only' had 259 deaths:
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/...beat-the-virus
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Originally Posted by downquark1
To use an analogy, the virus is a runaway train and the lockdown was a brake. Basically it has slowed down enough now you can release the brake a little.
If we release the lockdown and there is no difference then the lockdown was a mistake (although we didn't know that at the time, you only get reliable data on the virus after it has infected a lot of people - also the Chinese data was bullshit)
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Thanks, so the lockdown was to delay the numbers of people getting the virus so that the NHS wasn't overwhelmed. Now that the peak has passed, people can go back to work (with cautionary measures) as the NHS will be able to cope with the inevitable number of extra people who will catch and/or die from Covid-19 and that the Government believes that this is worth it to protect the economy as any further damage to it would cause even more problems to our society.
Is that a fair summary?