The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away

This was pretty obvious when a hotspot put out a tourism campaign "Milan is open" and the Italian government told their public about the northern lockdown allowing a flight from the north to south before it took effect.

I don't want to bash on Italy or Italians. (seems whatever Western country that had the first outbreak would have done the same) But those actions when there was available evidence showing how serious this could be still leave a sour taste in my mouth.

The frustrating thing is that with maximum global cooperation between every human on Earth, we could drive the virus extinct in humans in a matter of weeks, simply by stockpiling a little food and staying away from one another. Even with the rather mediocre social cohesion that even the best countries can manage, the R-value can at least be driven low enough to render trace-and-isolate strategies feasible, and the virus defeated within months for all practical purposes. But huge swathes of the planet are not even attempting to make even minimal gestures, and that makes victory impossible. This is a test of our ability to cooperate, a prisoner's dilemma; and a critical mass is defecting.

I believe this inability to act as one spells doom for humanity in the long run, unless we can improve.

So Sweden is right? If so will all these pundits and journalists come back with an apologetic mea culpa?

If it’s never going away we have to start behaving like it and not continue lockdowns and SIPs and so on.

Masks, hygiene, distancing, stay home when sick, etc. but get people back in a groove. People cannot remain cooped up like livestock in a pen.

Just like the flu.