Yes, but the other Nordic countries assured the more controllable situation to begin with, avoiding the collapse of medical services. Hence their relaxing will be gradual and optimized for the necessities.

I live in Sweden and believe you me it's an exercise in futility. People are very disrespectful or oblivious to danger and do not adhere to authorities' recommendations to try and avoid infecting each other. Hence Sweden's unreasonably high figures of deaths per capita on par with Italy compared with neighboring countries with hard enforced restrictions.

What he was proposing is a risky gamble that may or may not prove successful. Staying home permanently is not necessary if you apply Korean or Hong Kong's approach, i.e. face mask and social distancing as soon as you're in public places, preferably when you leave home. This way economy can be reopened and the spreading of epidemic can be slowed/inhibited simultaneously until the emergence of the safe vaccine.

Why does Joseph Cox think some groups have been hit very hard e.g.the Hasidic communities in New York are experiencing high infection rates? Precisely because they've been ignoring social distancing and other steps to stem the spreading of the infection. So no! The lockdown is paramount to survive this onslaught first! Then will be time to ease the constraints and get the economy going. By rushing it before the safe vaccine we will experience a second wave of asymptomatic infections and a resurgence of the epidemic.