What happened in Switzerland's 2nd wave? It's hard to remember everything.

Here's a thread chronicling @SwissScience_TF's recommendations, and @alain_berset's measures, starting 10. Oct.
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-10-10..latest&country=~CHE&region=World&casesMetric=true&interval=smoothed&perCapita=true&smoothing=7&pickerMetric=total_cases&pickerSort=desc
10. Oct: recommendation of masks indoors, and home office when possible.

7 day average case per 1M: 100
7DA deaths per 1M: 0.2 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1317142160844689410
29. Oct: new measures announced. Main ones: masks indoors and in crowded areas, crowd limits, shutting clubs.

7DA case per 1M: 793
7DA deaths per 1M: 2.5 https://twitter.com/alain_berset/status/1321721281201524738
30. Oct: @SwissScience_TF warned that effectiveness of the new measures won't be seen until later than the healthcare system will hold. Recommended people to write down their advanced care plans.

7DA case per 1M: 835
7DA deaths per 1M: 3.5 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1322231444954034177
6. Nov: warned there is no clear trend reversal, economic damage could also come with the case numbers not going down.

7DA case per 1M: 952
7DA deaths per 1M: 7.2 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1324747425182109699
In the beginning of Nov, west Switzerland enacted more measures in order to bring the number of cases there down. The measures seemed to help. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-on-way-to-halving-covid-19-infections-every-two-weeks/46182380
Swiss on way to halving COVID-19 infections every two weeks

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is on its way towards halving the number of new COVID-19 infections every two weeks thanks to strict measures in the country's west that was particularly hard hit by...

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-on-way-to-halving-covid-19-infections-every-two-weeks/46182380
12. Nov: @SwissScience_TF recommends a plan to support businesses through the 2nd wave.

7DA case per 1M: 791
7DA deaths per 1M: 9.7 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1326904506588811269
13. Nov: @SwissScience_TF noted the cases weren't going down as much as before, and suggested to strengthen measures.

7DA case per 1M: 746
7DA deaths per 1M: 10.0 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1327533994657853442
24. Nov: @SwissScience_TF noted all of CH had R < 0.8, but that was mainly due to a couple of cantons, the other cantons had higher Rs.

7DA case per 1M: 496
7DA deaths per 1M: 10.6 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1331264008356319233
26. Nov: @alain_berset said, keep up the measures that we have at the moment, everything is going well and will continue if we keep this up.

7DA case per 1M: 468
7DA deaths per 1M: 10.4 https://twitter.com/alain_berset/status/1332014197664780289
4. Dec: new measures announced. Main points: store and gondola capacity was lowered. Sing only with your family and in school.

7DA case per 1M: 433
7DA deaths per 1M: 11.9 https://twitter.com/alain_berset/status/1334912903019978758
9. Dec: @SwissScience_TF warned that with winter weather, the ~1 value of R might increase. This, they said, might strain the healthcare system and population.

7DA case per 1M: 462
7DA deaths per 1M: 11.0 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1336715751961587712
11. Dec: new measures announced. Main points: restaurants, stores, etc close after 7PM (some exceptions), event bans.

7DA case per 1M: 484
7DA deaths per 1M: 10.8 https://twitter.com/alain_berset/status/1337427607395192841
15. Dec: @SwissScience_TF called for decisive action, and measures to be taken so the # of cases per day drastically decrease. They said that the country can't afford to have stagnant or increasing numbers.

7DA case per 1M: 499
7DA deaths per 1M: 11.1 https://twitter.com/SwissScience_TF/status/1338843611107119107
And, that brings us to today. This general overview shows that the @SwissScience_TF recommended strengthening measures for over a month with a focus on taking cases down. @alain_berset enacted measures, but none have shown to lower cases.
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