The COVID Lockdown the Greatest Mistake in History?
We are now hearing, even from the WHO, that COVID-19 transmission is almost entirely by those exhibiting symptoms (and who are coughing & sneezing) – extremely rare otherwise. Despite what we heard earlier that transmission can be by asymptomatic people – apparently that is extremely rare. We now know, too, even from Dr. Faucci, that masks are not significant in preventing transmission – much less so than social distancing. And that transmission on surfaces is likewise rare. And there has not been a large spike as the shutdown has begun to end – e.g., in Florida, Georgia, etc. So the best strategy all along would have been simple isolation (quarantine) of those symptomatic, with some precautionary social distancing, and hand washing. This is precisely what Sweden did, with success (and now with greater herd immunity against a second wave), and much less economic devastation. And our U.S. rates would have been much better (e.g., ...