Sweden catch your eye? Not so fast.
Here’s What Actually Helps Countries Relax Distancing And Lead Semi-Normal Lives
America chose an approach that allows more autonomy but is less effective, more expensive, and likely to lead to higher case counts and longer distancing. If we don’t like our results, we can change course, but we did indeed choose this reality.
Looking at countries relaxing distancing and thinking it could work for us, is a bit like seeing a marathon runner eating cake and thinking it’s proof the doctor lied about cake. If you don’t adopt the running to go with it, you may find you don’t like the results.
We elected to forgo working out (not to act early with coordinated effort) and cake (fewer cases, less money lost, shorter distancing) while other countries elected to work out and eat cake.
We choose a decentralized approach and that came with negatives. Whether or not they are worth it is another subject. We cannot look at a marathoner eating cake and think this is proof the doctors were wrong about cake. If you simply eat the cake and neglect the running, you may not like your results.
