The economic issues were completely voluntary. The Swedish model was to let it run through the population, and only ended up losing some old people that drain tax money. Eventually after pressure they caved in and started restrictions too.
Virologists had internationally actually decided like 20 years earlier that if/when a pandemic like this occurs, every country would follow the Swedish model and let it run through. Sadly enough, when the time came, everyone caved in to the panic and Sweden was left alone to stand with the tactic.
What's the difference? Big cities are full of people, especially immigrants that are the group with most covid cases here.
I was bored and walked everyday and went sometimes 4-5 times during one day to the local shopping centre to get something like a coffee or chocolate bar.
Have you been living under a rock or has some fearmongerer scared you? A normal person has like a 99,98% recovery rate, many people probably had covid without even realising it.
I actually care so little about it now I don't even remember the whole pandemic if it wouldn't be for restricted hours for bars to keep open.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1?
Out of 163 million only like 3 million are dead, and they are all overweight or old or had some condition.
An effective system would have been to gulag the old people and fat people and let the healthy people keep the economy going
It kills only fat, old and other people with pre-existing conditions. Before this people died each year in whatever flues and complications that came and went.
Still a fat person problem, healthy people do not get those problems, we have so low standards with what is normal today that we call people who are overweight and never exercised "normal" and then panic when their shitty kept body needs help to survive.
If you actually are somewhat healthy, eat food that provide your body with necessary vitamins to actually have a functioning immune system, you'll be just fine.
This was in 2020, and I doubt the virus itself changed but only the political narrative:
>Although for most people COVID-19 causes only mild illness, it can make some people very ill. More rarely, the disease can be fatal. Older people, and those with pre- existing medical conditions (such as high blood pressure, heart problems or diabetes) appear to be more vulnerable.
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200225-sitrep-36-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=2791b4e0_2#:~:text=Although%20for%20most%20people%20COVID,to%20be%20more%20vulnerable.
