Denmark lifted all Covid restrictions, while cases are soaring

TLDR: We (the danes) believe that the infected and the bad outcomes (hospitalizations and deaths) have been sufficiently decoupled due to massive vaccines.<p>Combined with our massive testing effort (both on an individual case-by-case basis and waste water testing etc) we believe it&#x27;s time to lift the restrictions.<p>It is of course a risky move, and personally I am curious if we gonna hit the brake hard again in 10 days..<p>But anyways, lock-downs hurt both the people and the community around the world, so I am sure a lot of eyes are on us and everyone else doing something &quot;aggressive&quot;...<p>Fingers crossed

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 &quot;flattening&quot; the curve, but I doubt that strategy has been proved effective.<p>Spain did the same and they seem fine.

Linked from the thread:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medrxiv.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;10.1101&#x2F;2022.01.05.22268800v2" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.medrxiv.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;10.1101&#x2F;2022.01.05.22268800v...</a><p>&quot;The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against long-term symptoms of COVID-19 is not well understood. We determined whether vaccination was associated with the incidence of reporting long-term symptoms […] Vaccination with at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was associated with a substantial decrease in reporting the most common post-acute COVID-19 symptoms, bringing it back to baseline. Our results suggest that, in addition to reducing the risk of acute illness, COVID-19 vaccination may have a protective effect against long COVID.&quot;

Australia did the same.<p>Because we are almost all vaccinated (95% of eligible adults) there haven&#x27;t been so many deaths compared to other countries, but still more than Australia has seen so far.

Looking at the stats it&#x27;s also like 20% of Danes have been infected at some point.<p>80% is vaxxed.<p>What more can we do?