Switzerland is the biggest worry I see internationally now because the impression I got was that they introduced their restrictions early but still got gradually overwhelmed. They slowed the curve a bit but couldnāt flatten it.
On a sidenote, someone mentioned that flights are still landing in Dublin every day. For one reason or another, itās hard to stop these flights and what theyāre doing here is putting every cunt that lands in a plane in a 5 star CBD hotel for two weeks in an enforced quarantine. Probably looking at, Iād guess, 4,000 beds a night so you can imagine the cost to the taxpayer.
Switzerland, Northern Italy, Alpine France and Spain would have been in the middle of very busy tourist seasons with people shuttling in and out from all over.
Thereās very encouraging signs on rapid testing and anti body testing. The latter in particular would allow some return to normality, alongside continued protections for at risk groups.
Additionally, there are still some very positive signs over potential treatments for this. I believe NY are close to announcing their initial results.
I find it mad that all flights havenāt been stopped. Surely they have powers to do so? Tough enough to deal with it among the existing population not to mention the uncontrollable of people coming from abroad, quarantine and all.