I found it interesting that the general consensus seems to be that Sweden failed, and yet NY state was just hailed as "doing it correctly" by Dr. Fauci [0] (despite one of the very highest per-capita death rates in the world). We didn't do much better here in MA in terms of deaths, although like NY we're only seeing a very small (and importantly flat) number of cases here.
Meanwhile Australia, a country that was previously hailed as having done it right and contained COVID-19 has now locked down 6.6 million people [1], closed state borders between Queensland and NSW [2] and currently seeing record numbers of infections [3].
Meanwhile Australia, a country that was previously hailed as having done it right and contained COVID-19 has now locked down 6.6 million people [1], closed state borders between Queensland and NSW [2] and currently seeing record numbers of infections [3].
Only time will tell which is the best strategy.
[0] https://abc7ny.com/covid-19-ny-fauci-anthony-cuomo/6324584/
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/asia/australia-victoria-coron...
[2] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/australia-shutting-border-...
[3] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/australia...