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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
Is 'locked down to eliminate" realistic? Australia did a great job and was ready to reopen. Now Melbourne is under very strict lock-down. I just don't see an end that way.
As to reinfection, there are about 24 million cases so far Worldwide. If reinfection were going to be a real danger wouldn't there be no question by now, and thousands of reinfections?
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Locking down to eliminate is impossible. Sooner or later, you have to open up again. There will be deaths. Lots and lots of deaths. There's just no way around that. NZ is a test case in this sort of thinking. If a vaccine comes to markets and it works within the next year, NZ will be able to acquire it and will have avoided many deaths. If a vaccine does not work, NZ will be left with a nasty choice:
1. Open and deal (with the disadvantage of being farther behind other nations that have at least theoretically started acquiring herd immunity);
2. Become a hermit state
There is no hide until it's safe way out of this thing. I don't know why people insist that's an option. Live your life, take precautions to keep yourself and others safe, and hope you don't have a bad result if you happen to acquire it.
