I'm not sure Elon has the same incentives as you, Klaus.
I agree with you, by the way that lockdowns have to be lifted. But I would rather listen to considered public health advise, even if experts in the field might differ on approach for how to stage it. Musk's motivations are political and economic, and I think that we need to put life first, especially if we can afford to fund it.
The conversation would be different in a much poorer country. In South Africa, people lined up for 4km in a Joburg suburb yesterday for food parcels. And that's because South Africa is trying to fund. Even then, it's difficult to see people having to stay in the sun all day because the economy has ground to a halt. The rest of Africa should not even consider extended lockdowns. They don't have the money or capabilities to feed or fund their populations. Those countries are 90% SME and informal. Folks will need to work at risk of getting sick.
It does feel like US shit the bed a bit. They could've gone aggressive shut down like New Zealand or China, and been preparing for easing restrictions. Or they could've kept it light all along like Sweden. But they've gone for a messy hybrid with lots of front loaded deaths they might have to explain in 2021.
