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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 3548719, member: 153"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1281241/germany-coronavirus-cases-jump-lockdown-lift-tougher-lockdown-rules-angela-merkel[/URL] 3 states have gone back to prior measures, not the entire country. But Merkel said they have the break if the increases continue. Italy too has seen increases since ending lockdown: [URL="https://www.thedailybeast.com/italy-covid-cases-jump-after-italians-were-too-quick-to-celebrate-an-end-to-lockdown?source=articles&via=rss"]Dying for a Drink: Uptick in Italian Cases Tied to Celebration Cocktails[/URL] Mind you, the USA has never been on a European or Asian style lockdown. What we call "lockdown" they call "wide open." Which explains why only Sweden exceeds American deaths/cases per capita. The thing that boggles my mind is that, when we had 15 cases, we were all talking about its raid spread and ways to contain the rapid spread. But now with hundreds of thousands of cases, and with only 10-20% of the population having contracted it (high estimates), we're talking about how the time is right to end lockdown. Whatever your position on opening things more or keeping them closed, this is not logical. Either we should have never done lockdown or else should not be opening now. There is no consistency. And if the reason was flattening the curve so as not to overwhelm our hospitals, then a reopening isn't going to be much help now either. We still have at best 80% of the population uninfected. [/QUOTE]

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