Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Because there is a careful balance needed between protecting people from Covid and protecting them from the associated economic downturn.
We probably eased off too soon, too quickly. The answer from the Far East etc seems to be lockdown hard, close borders, ruthlessly track and trace. Nobody said it was easy.
If you don't ease off then you are in a police state where police cannot cope and people ignore eveyrthing.
Friends in Republic of Ireland indicate that they eased off BUT kept pubs closes predominantely in Dublin thus keeping any weekend trips out. There has been a huge rise in cases but many can be traced back to sport / house parties or it appears by one person coming back from holidays and not isolating then infecting 60 people. Lots of cases close to the border as different rules in NI because DUP didn't want to do same as Dublin.