[raxxorrax]

If Covid is endemic it will always be a bad time to scrap restrictions. But at some point you just have to. I am not from Denmark, but I completely understand most want to end the lockdown, as its effectiveness is questionable. The only reason would be "flattening" the curve, but I doubt that strategy has been proved effective.

Spain did the same and they seem fine.

[grujicd]

Not only that. Considering reduced offect of current vaccines over time, and relavitve mild symptoms of Omicron (relative, by looking at death/cases charts), this might be the optimal time to let virus run thru population and boost collective immunity with up to date antibodies.

If we look at population level like government does, it might be better to go through this step now compared to few months or a year in the future when vaccines loose even more efficency. They probabably take into account that additional booster doses on every few months are a tough sell and won't get support original vaccination got. This might be hard thing to say publicly since people will die, but might still be the best strategy to save lives in the long run.

So in my opinion it's not about whether it's great time to do it now, but whether it will be worse in the future.

[eesmith]

'Flattening the curve' give the time to develop vaccines and vaccinate a large fraction of the Danish population.