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Reading this, I am not sure what is the "right" policy in the author's mind.

The author argue that the ups and downs of infection is more of a innate dynamism of covid spreading, than any society wide policy. Is that suggesting there should not have been society wide intervention to covid? Like just keep things as normal.

Although I agree with the conclusion that the covid policy in US definitely has not been effective.

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inter_netuser|4 years ago

Japan did not do anything. literally nothing, no lockdowns or mandates of any sort.

They have lowest mortality from COVID. What if the right policy all along was to do nothing?

tzs|4 years ago

The Japanese did plenty. They cancelled festivals and sporting events, switched many schools to distance learning, widely wore good masks, got tested, traced contacts, closed entertainment venues, etc.

The government did not order this. The citizens did it voluntarily when asked to by their government.

star-trek-fleet|4 years ago

They definitely have a mask mandate.

But my question still remains, what exactly does the author suggest?

https://jp.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/ There is also travel restrictions. Nothing is not the right word to use for Japan's covid policy.