Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1753819)

Here are a few:
How European Countries Are Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions | Time
Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown
Coronavirus | Coronavirus: Belgium lockdown lift a guide for Spain, UK and Germany - AS.com
Sicily will pay half the price of tourists' flights and a third of their hotel bill to lure holidayers back | MEAWW

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus (Post 1754059)

Thanks Bogie. I read all four of them and none discusses the after effect of lifting their restrictions. Strange that they don't and stranger still that we as Americans citizens are not trying to find out.

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus (Post 1754059)

Thanks Bogie. I read all four of them and none discusses the after effect of lifting their restrictions. Strange that they don't and stranger still that we as Americans citizens are not trying to find out.

Originally Posted by ficoguy (Post 1753820)

Sweden has developed herd immunity.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 1754145)

Your question is reasonable. And the TIME article tells you the answer. None of the countries has lifted restrictions. Some have eased restrictions and only in the last week. As you certainly know the incubation period is up to 2 weeks and then there is a delay between first symptoms and disease progression to the point a person may be sick enough to be tested, then longer until death. So it will take at least 3 weeks from any relaxation to know if it is causing a rebound. And 3 weeks out will only tell you something about that specific relaxation, not complete abandonment of restrictions.

The answer is NOT that the media is hiding information from anyone. It is too soon both from the timing and the mild loosening of restrictions. Patience grasshopper.

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus (Post 1753788)

With all the hand-wringing going on fearing the worst after we reopen the economy, it seems to me it could be beneficial to focus like a laser beam on the experience of other countries. China, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Italy and Spain have all locked down. They were hit hard but eventually lifted their restrictions, or are in the process of doing so now.

I would think the media would report on how those countries are doing, but I'm not hearing or reading much of

anything and there's very little information about this on the internet, that I've been able to find anyway. Our outcome should be similar to theirs, so where is the curiosity about how they're doing? We can learn a lot from these countries, and perhaps mitigate our fears...or substantiate them if lifting the restrictions is backfiring.

The media give the people what they want, so my guess is the American populace doesn't care too much about how the other hard hit countries have fared. Perhaps we would rather just worry and assume the worst?