It'll be interesting to see how Italy (lockdown) compares with the UK (just let it infect everyone) compares with South Korea (extensive testing & contact tracing, plus social distancing) in a couple months.
My sense is that the UK will probably fold and institute a lockdown once their ICU capacity gets overwhelmed and healthy young people start dying in the streets. Either that or they'll face a revolution and then have a lot more problems. Of course, by the time it gets to either of those points it'll be too late to effectively change course.
But it's interesting to see at least one country take the position that "Hey, we're going to let this run its course, take our lumps now, and try to get back to business as usual ASAP." I could be wrong, and maybe this is a genius application of heartless logic. Time will tell.
My sense is that the UK will probably fold and institute a lockdown once their ICU capacity gets overwhelmed and healthy young people start dying in the streets. Either that or they'll face a revolution and then have a lot more problems. Of course, by the time it gets to either of those points it'll be too late to effectively change course.
But it's interesting to see at least one country take the position that "Hey, we're going to let this run its course, take our lumps now, and try to get back to business as usual ASAP." I could be wrong, and maybe this is a genius application of heartless logic. Time will tell.
RemindMe!2months ;-)