If incidence of disease is dropped too low, a second spike will occur.
Read up on "the hammer and the dance". We are now in "the dance".
"lockdown" needs to be backed off to ensure a manageable number of people still catch it.
This can't be officially voiced without committing political suicide because most people still seem to think the government is somehow going to prevent them catching coronavirus.
What they are doing is smart and considered but would be politically unpopular if the real reasons for doing it were made clear.
Timescale may vary but we are aiming for the orange line, not the green one.
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