The various governmental efforts to deal with Covid remind me of attempts to herd cats. Various officials have a daily press conference to angrily denounce all the cats who don't take well to herding. Then there is a public outcry for governments to immediately figure out how to herd cats efficiently. When someone figures out how to do that efficiently, let me know.
Short of attaching a tracking bracelet on everyone's ankle and assigning vast numbers of law enforcement officers to monitor them, there is very little that can be done to effectively monitor where every individual is every day, and who they come in contact with.
Flattening the curve and eliminating the virus are two completely different things. The former does not necessarily lead to the latter. Yet many people think it does, and get angry with public officials when the virus crops up repeatedly. Low infection rates likely only last as long as the lockdowns. When people mingle again, infection rates will go up.
The only way to get infection rates to stay low is to have a permanent lockdown. And then you won't have much of an economy left within a year.
Short of attaching a tracking bracelet on everyone's ankle and assigning vast numbers of law enforcement officers to monitor them, there is very little that can be done to effectively monitor where every individual is every day, and who they come in contact with.
Flattening the curve and eliminating the virus are two completely different things. The former does not necessarily lead to the latter. Yet many people think it does, and get angry with public officials when the virus crops up repeatedly. Low infection rates likely only last as long as the lockdowns. When people mingle again, infection rates will go up.
The only way to get infection rates to stay low is to have a permanent lockdown. And then you won't have much of an economy left within a year.
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