" ...it just may be that Sweden proves this to have been an unnecessary bit of economic suicide."

Ace of Spades writes in part,

The liberals and their Renfields the NeverTrumpers have demanded we shut down the country -- only with the secondary purpose of "flattening the curve;" the primary purpose was flattening Trump's economy -- and so we have....it just may be that Sweden proves this to have been an unnecessary bit of economic suicide.

...The liberals and their Renfields the NeverTrumpers have demanded we shut down the country -- only with the secondary purpose of "flattening the curve;" the primary purpose was flattening Trump's economy -- and so we have.

...Santa Clara County is the place where that recent study found the rate of infection was 50 to 85 times higher than believed.

Although the people pushing the Panic Buttons all day long tried to discredit that study, a similar study in Los Angeles came to similar-ish results: that the disease has been 50 times as prevalent as test results for current infection would suggest.

Meanwhile, Sweden gambled that it would be better in the long run to not lock the country down, but just deal with it as it occurred. The benefit of that is that Sweden will likely develop herd immunity throughout the entire country-- and so will not have to worry about a "second wave" or any other wave, ever again.

The Swedes think their gamble is paying off-- their hospitals are not overwhelmed and they have extra bed space and ICU berths. And keeping hospitals from being overwhelmed -- "flattening the curve" -- is the entire point of a lockdown.

And they say their curve is pretty flat with minimum social distancing (no lockdowns, more just like common sense and self-limiting trips to the store and bar).

...it just may be that Sweden proves this to have been an unnecessary bit of economic suicide.

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