[piquadrat]

Zurich resident (and Swiss citizen) here. I agree that in the beginning, a lot of people and politicians didn't recognize the seriousness of the situation. The fact that the Swiss political system isn't really made for quick decisions from a central authority probably didn't help either.

But once people realized that this is going to be real bad if it continues unchecked, behaviour changed a lot IMO, even in regions that had very little virus activity.

True, mask wearing is still a problem, and you could see lots of people doing outside activities even during the worst part of the lock down. But as luck would have it, outside infections seem to play almost no epidemiological role. Turns out not wearing masks on the street or going for a Sunday hike on crowded paths isn't a big deal, and in retrospect I'm glad that our lock-down wasn't quite as limiting as in other parts of Europe.

I wish masks were mandatory on public transport, though.

[thu2111]

Zurich resident also here. I don't believe behaviour changed much. I see a small minority of people wearing masks. In the entire course of the epidemic one person looked at me annoyed for daring to be outside, nobody has ever crossed the street or taken steps to avoid me or my partner as we walked outside.

The mask wearers look rather foolish because the data is by now very clear that this is no worse than any other year's flu. It's just not a dangerous disease. The hype is illusory, the models were wrong. The barriers in restaurants and perspex in supermarkets is as far as it goes and even that looks over the top.

as luck would have it, outside infections seem to play almost no epidemiological role

But is it luck? Or is it that the Swiss people reached the correct conclusions much faster than the supposed experts advising the world? As you say, the behaviour was correct, and the moment the similarities in behaviour to other common viruses became apparent, that wasn't irrational.

I wish masks were mandatory on public transport, though.

Please no. Virtually nobody has been doing this and cases have now hit zero anyway so why would it have ever mattered? When will we learn that practically every piece of supposedly expert advice during this pandemic has been wrong? The wisdom of the crowds is far better here than the wisdom of the academics.

[saiya-jin]

I wish that at least 1 positive outcome from the covid once its really over - people in the west start taking face masks as not something to laugh at, but as an indication that given person doesn't want to infect others around them with whatever he thinks he is having.

I saw it long time ago as normal in south east Asia and it looked like a fine example of compassion towards rest of the population. Compared to usual west when people often go about their business, not caring much about others ie in public transport, schools or open offices. Only now it became acceptable in otherwise advanced place like Switzerland, till now one often faced real persecution, mocking and overall rejection from large parts of society.

Rest of your comment is unfortunately pure garbage, not worth any feedback.

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https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/coronavirus-so-entwickeln-si...

see "Wöchentliche Todesfälle in der Schweiz", and remember the red curve is with measures, the greys without. Maybe you haven't had a friend's uncle die of covid. It could have been much worse; I think we got lucky.