It’s worth qualifying this a bit, as there was a new cluster in Seoul over the weekend, and gov’t shutdown all the bars there. This is what the new normal is. The peak is over, and new daily cases are close to zero. So relaxation. But if that leads to a new cluster, then a re- /1
clampdown locally. Wait a bit, and then try loosening again, and clampdown again, locally, if new cases pop up. This is what the ‘end’ looks like until a vaccine. In the meantime, masks and sanitizer stay out, and test/trace/isolate is still policy. The US has given up on this /2
& is basically trying the Sweden approach in an uncoordinated way w/out any kind of deliberation on whether or not Americans want that. The polling says no actually, but Trump, Fox, & the militiamen want ‘herd immunity.’ That may work, in time,but only after a high death toll. /3
