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The role and accuracy of testing is hotly disputed.
As indeed the reason for Germany or South Korea’s death rates.

Has South Korea delayed the inevitable, or is it a population difference?
By way of comparison asthma percentage in UK and such as Spain are double that in Germany and South Korea.
Belgium does similar testing to Germany but is the worst performer.

Medics simply don’t know the answers for certain, it’s all new. Which is why I find the rhetoric from many of them so jarring.:If they all agreed we would go that way. They don’t. But they all want to criticise whatever is done with 2020 hindsight as does miket.
Yes I think I agree with a lot of what you are saying. People are quick to pass judgements when nobody really knows what is the best thing to do.

Belgium has the worst death rate in Europe but yet has one of the most stringent lockdowns. Sweden has adopted a much less strict approach. While having a higher death rate than its Nordic neighbours, it has suffered a lower rate than Britain and much less than Belgium. Population density then must be a factor.

You’ve probably read that in Sweden they believe that Stockholm is three weeks away from achieving herd immunity. If that’s true, it has been achieved with a relatively modest number of deaths and without wrecking their economy.

I guess in a year or two’s time we will know who was wrong and who was right.