I honestly don’t know why they’re doing this. Just as in the US, though, I think it has a lot more to do with politics than with health.
Before it got to the U.S., France, Britain, Italy and Spain went under lockdowns more severe than have occurred in most U.S. states. Early on, world leaders were told something about the Wuhan/CCP virus potential to kill millions, something scary enough for them to sacrifice their nations’ economies. Woodward’s so-called devastating revelation was that President Trump did not scare Americans enough. At some point, who knows when, we’re going to find out what they were told. I’d kind of like to know.
Trump actually let Fauci scare people too much. And 90% of the scary “statistics” now appear to be wrong anyway.
Israel had been doing fine, but has had a rise in positive diagnoses (because they do obsessive testing). Israelis are not dropping dead in the streets. However, there as here, the approach has to do with politics.
This has been under debate in Israel for several weeks and was defeated a couple of weeks ago because people want to get back to work and school.
As for Europe, Spain and Italy had severe lockdowns and their death rate was higher than the US. The other countries, less so...except for GB, which now has a very low rate - but Boris Johnson has for some reason decided to shut down again for an indefinite period of time. It’s all politics.
This is nuts. I think everybody, including Trump, realizes it.