Dan,

Hmmm ....... I think, once you entered the gates of Luna Park, you wandered much too far into the thickets of metaphor. Please come back ! I haven't a clue what you are writing about .....

Joe

Dan,

Sorry, got it ! And I think you're right too :)

Certainly this virus is costing us all a lot of money, and economic damage. But if anybody thinks that current policies in Australia are too expensive, just wait for a few months and work out what the alternative (and why do I always think of US p0licies as the antithesis of ours ?) might be costing in the US ?

Of course, you can always just put your hands over your eyes. "No more testing ! No more testing ! Without testing, there would be no cases, and so no deaths. End testing NOW !" What a bunch of five-year-old morons.

Joe

COVID-19 isn't allowed to work as well as it is designed for by Evolution !

Where 5.9% of deaths weekly in a population is considered to be an epidemic, the weekly rate in the US from the China virus has dropped from a high of 7.8% in April, to 1% in July.

Not too bad really, but let's allow that get in the way of obsessive hysteria about the US President.

There is a very real need to consider the question put up as the heading for this thread.
My thoughts are leaning towards the Swedish model.
I know there has been a change of heart and direction in Sweden, but I ask if this is not because of external political pressures, or virtue shaming from the foreign media.
Notwithstanding the fact that their tourism is suffering greatly.
The decision to 'let the chips fall where they may', IS a good one for the economy, and I believe, for the community in general.
As I have said before, those who are susceptible to this virus, WILL die.
The rest will not, so why destroy the lives, by destroying the lively-hood of the healthy people.
I hope this point is understood, as it is a pragmatic and objective decision, not taken lightly, but it follows the reasoning that 'you have to be cruel to be kind'.
And of course, the whole thing would have been over a lot sooner, as those affected would have succumbed sooner and not have it going on and on like every where else in the world.
Now that Sweden has apparently relented, we will see them enduring this pandemic for a lot longer than if they had stuck to their original plans.
And yes, yes, I know, there is no need for anyone to remind me that this plan is cruel, I already know that, and my thoughts on it, so don't waste your posting allocation on responding.
Find something constructive to use your posting on in response to this thread/question.

Altrav, are you yourself considered to be in a high risk group regarding Covid19? wife? Children?