LOCKDOWN Italy and UK

[Barry]

Another interesting article on the effectiveness of a lock-down and the "herd immunity".

https://www.debka.com/seeking-the-elusive-herd-effect-to-beat-back-coronavirus-2/">//https://www.debka.com/seeking-the-elusive-herd-effect-to-beat-back-coronavirus-2/

by Sharon Mikailov, biologist and former researcher at the Sheba Medical Center.

[Barry]

Whilst on the subject of lock-downs. Sweden, I hear, have decided to allow the virus to run its course.

Sweden is a sparsely populated country, but it could cause them problems in the cities, Stockholm, Malmo, Uppsala - which is a university town with lots of comings and goings.

This is the policy that the UK government initially proposed, in the hope that the economy would survive better. That's history, of course.



https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-27/coronavirus-want-to-escape-a-lockdown-try-sweden">//https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-27/coronavirus-want-to-escape-a-lockdown-try-sweden

[Barry]

Thoughtful article.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/a-letter-to-the-uk-from-italy-this-is-what-we-know-about-your-future">//https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/a-letter-to-the-uk-from-italy-this-is-what-we-know-about-your-future