- Nov 17, 2009
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Just playing devil's advocate because I do not know what the answer is, but there is no way to prove that if things weren't shut down it wouldn't be even worse.
I think Sweden, South Dakota, and other states with lighter restrictions have shown it really makes no difference at all and could even suggest the shutdowns make the virus spread more. While South Dakota is now at the top of the list in total cases per capita, bear in mind, it took them ten months to get there. While just about every other state in the country had some level of economic lockdown, South Dakota did not and yet up until a month ago they were ranking in the 40s of the 50 states with new cases, while states that took the most draconian steps were at the top.
Sweden implemented very little restrictions and while their cases and deaths initially spiked compared to their neighboring countries they had flattened out by the summer to the point where they were averaging about one death per day, while the rest of Europe was seeing a resurgence. Sweden is now seeing the same spike as the rest of us, but they rank 40th in cases per capita.
Essentially, neither of these places are any worse off than anywhere else virus wise, yet, their people didn't incur the economic strife the rest of us have. Even the WHO came out about a month ago and recommended against further lockdowns as the primary method of control due to the economic hardships that result.
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