Singapore is an interesting case study for where we are maybe heading. Singapore has been in a harsh lockdown for 18 months.
"Since first lifting some COVID-19 curbs in August, Singapore is now logging more than 3,000 cases per day, over three times as high as its previous peak of 1,000 in the spring of 2020. The vast majority—98.5%—of Singapore’s cases are mild or asymptomatic infections, likely thanks to Singapore’s full vaccination rate of 83%.
But Singapore’s higher caseload is leading to more deaths. Singapore is now averaging seven COVID-19 deaths per day. In the past month, 104 people have died from COVID-19, making up nearly two-thirds of Singapore’s total death toll since the beginning of the pandemic."
For a reference, Ohio is twice as populous as Singapore (10m vs 5m) and is reporting just under 5k per day and trending down and reporting 68 deaths per day. Thus, at this point Singapore has a higher case rate, but a much lower death rate. This is our likely future as more of the population gets some immunity. As a side note, I don't think we could or would ever want to have a lockdown like Singapore. Singapore has always been an extremely strict Nation with chewing gum in public illegal and the public caning of an American made the news in the 90's.
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