Reply To: Coronavirus

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Wigwam
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    It’s not that simple, if only it was. For example New Zealand is remote from the point of international travel and the Coronavirus got there more slowly and later so precautions against it’s spread could be and were taken. Sweden, with its decision not to lockdown its population had high deaths early on in the pandemic but now the virus has worked through the population has very few. Those countries which have prevented the spread most strongly are likely to continue with infections for longer (the so called second wave) but they have the advantage of better understanding how to treat serious cases of the virus to reduce mortality.

    What I read suggests that in the final analysis this Coronavirus is going to prove no more fatal than for example the 1969 Flu epidemic, but the world’s reaction to it is going to devastate economies for years to come, not to mention the neglected health outcomes of people suffering other illness, both physical and mental.