Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by elboulangero 2231 days ago
> they will be tested, quarantined for two weeks, tested again

With this scenario you get no tourists and no business trip. Can you really call that re-opening? For how long such measures can last?

1 comments

You think there will be tourism and business trip into Sweden when their strategy is explicitly "you will get the virus anyway"?

In the end, the Vietnamese will have more freedom than the Swedish. When countries that have put the virus under control agree to reopen borders against each other, Sweden will be left out.

> You think there will be tourism and business trip into Sweden when their strategy is explicitly "you will get the virus anyway"?

You don't seem to understand that the more a population builds up immunity, and the less the virus can circulate in this population. So Sweden might end up being the place where you're the less likely to get the virus, if any.

Plus, for people under 65 and no pre-existing conditions, the risk from Covid-19 is negligible. Peaople under 65 represents a lot of tourists and business people already. I personally would go to Sweden without the slightest worry, but that's just me. In the end everybody will assess the risk by themselves, like grown-ups.

> In the end, the Vietnamese will have more freedom than the Swedish

Freedom within the country? Freedom to travel in other countries? Freedom to open their border and welcome foreigners? What do you mean exactly?

As long as the virus circulates in the world, and the population of a country was never exposed to it, then the epidemic is just waiting to happen. I don't see how a country like VN which has presumably not build up immunity at all can be in a good position.

If the virus disappears completely from the surface of the planet, then that's great news for VN. They will have managed to keep the virus out, and to safely re-open the borders. A great success.

But if the virus doesn't disappear, and lingers around for years, Vietnam will have to maintain draconian measures at the borders for a very long time. This will have a cost, and yes it hurts the economy, you can't deny that.

> When countries that have put the virus under control agree to reopen borders against each other

I don't know how you will define "put the virus under control". Good luck with that. And good luck handling all the travelers with two nationalities and two passports.