Bullshit! This virus was never going to do the damage to our economy that the hysteria has done. Go look at Sweden as an example. They’ve largely continued on life as normal without largescale lockdowns and they have a whopping 4000 cases.
I hope that works for them. From the picture in the article, it looks like they are all wearing masks. Not an option here, as there is currently a shortage.
And from the article it seems like they are still expecting their hospitals to be overwhelmed. So they are making a conscious choice in favor of the economy over their people.
But the "everyone wears a mask" strategy is a viable option. I think it would work for us, once mask manufacturing has caught up.
It literally took me one minute to find out what Sweden is doing to combat corona virus:
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Sweden
"On agency recommendation: the government has limited freedom of assembly, temporarily banning gatherings of over 50 individuals and physically closed secondary schools and universities. The Public Health Agency and government issued recommendations to work from home, if possible; for people about 70 to stay at home; and issued general recommendations to avoid unnecessary travel within the country and to keep a social distance between people. Those with even minimal symptoms which could be COVID-19 are recommended to stay home. The 'karensdag' or initial day without paid sick-leave has been removed by the government and the length of time one can stay home without a doctor's note has been raised from 7 to 14 days.
They sound like they're doing almost exactly what the United States is doing to a large degree.