@dysperwithaperiod I think the best course for everyone is to gather the popcorn and watch the glory that is political "debates" in an April fools cosplay manga chapter.
Folks, relax. Everything will be fine. By Easter it will just go away, like a miracle. Soon our biggest and best Sun will melt this invisible enemy with its tremendous warmth.
i mean, to be fair we in sweden are a lot safer than the rest of the world cause of our geographical location.
but yeah, our government is a lot more chill about it then most, to the point they actually got complaints from other countrys for not takeing it seriosly.
In the absence of a vaccine, the ideal policy identifies those who would suffer significantly from the virus, urges them to withdraw from ordinary activity, and allows a large share of the remaining population to contract the virus. After that large share recovers, they are an insulating barrier that protects the vulnerable, who can then emerge.
The number of children in developing nations who will starve to death as a result of the economic shut-down is greater than the number of people who would have died as a result of just ignoring the virus altogether. The response of most states truly is inhumane madness.