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Surely the earlier you do it the least impact there is on the economy. Stoping the movement of people for a month is better than being in limbo for a month and still ending up with a quarantine at the end anyway

I find it also logical conclusion. I think it was pretty clear from the beginning in what direction it will develop and what measures are actually working. It looks incredibly irresponsible to wait this long.

When the impact isn't as large yet, not enough people believe you when you say it is necessary.

We're going to see the same in Spain, from 50 to 500 plus cases in a week but still a very relaxed attitude. Spain ought to learn from China/Italy/S Korea and lock stuff down now.

It seems each country think it'll play out differently for some reason. I imagine in 7-10 days Spain will have 5k cases plus.

Same for Germany, the Netherlands and so on. But the US will be something else, I think.

The dead people do not give a fuck about the economy.