Yea the only thing i can conclude is that the vast majority of people are dumb.
I wonder at what number deaths become bad for the economy.
This is what I am struggling with, the UK government must know something we don’t?
Depends who is doing the dying.
When did the 2 million die? I’ve not seen anything like that in the news?
That's not the point, the point is by saying they need to social distance at school and be 1.5 metres goes to show are they are so out of touch of reality, that's simply never going to happen in schools, so why bother saying it.
Every country is going for herd immunity.
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Old people have stopped contributing to the economy through taxes and probably cost the state more than they now contribute. However, older people typically tend to vote Conservative. Its a really risky strategy, if it goes wrong the Tories will need to make people forget they let the old die.
They're not so much relying on it as treating ubiquitous contagion as a given. If that confers immunity for some period of time so much the better. Since it's perceived as inevitable they see themselves as having little choice in the matter whether it confers immunity or not. The only thing left to do is smooth the path as best they can.
Neither does my and my mum is 51 in a couple of weeks. She's so flippant about it, I find very annoying. She's not taking this seriously. At all.
Which is broadly in line with what the UK has been doing. Weird of Macron to hold the elections though given where you're at. They'll probably be as good as illegitimate because many won't turn out.
So they should shut schools and stay at home with parents, who need to stop working to look after them. Or with grandparents if the parents can't leave work.
Indeed. The idea that the Tories are going to let the vulnerable die just doesn't hold up to any scrutiny because it's their base that is most at risk.
Nothing worse when you LARPing and shes just over in the corner laughing her ass off when your wearing a mask trying not to die
With the small difference that the herd immunity part isn't in the equation because it's not a thing at the moment, the virus is allegedly evolving and it may not be the exact same strain that is circulating in different parts of Europe and Asia. Regarding the elections it's a bit weird indeed particularly when in my opinion they are not essential, we could delay them.
Others countries are trying to limit the spread. The UK is not.
I hear this line constantly and now I am genuinely curious, do all people in UK who have children stop working when schools close for holidays? Why is it that UK is the only country in the universe that can't cope with school closure for a few weeks? I don't want to hear anything about corona etc., I am just curious why is this issue is quite specific to UK only.
Do you know how many cases there were in Wuhan before they began the lockdown? That might go some way to explaining those figures.
That's going to happen regardless, it's just matter of when. With Scotland and NI saying they are going to shut schools for 13-16 weeks when it does happen, but okay.
Stay at home, we don't want to miss you.
It's not that they are going to let them die but they won't control over the situation if many old people get infected.
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They either pass their kids on to grandparents or send them to clubs where they congregate with other kids. Either option would defeat the purpose of closing schools to slow down spread.
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That's not true at all. The UK is trying to limit the spread, it just doesn't favour measures with limited efficacy that have great social and economic consequences. 75-80% of infections in China are thought to have been transmitted in the home. You want to keep schools open as long as possible because disrupting pupils doing exams can have serious consequences for their future development and prospects, for example. I'd recommend watching this documentary on iplayer
This question needs to be answered and explained, it makes no sense to stop testing the public and only test those who are in hospital, how will they get accurate data/numbers.
I think the answer is simply that we don't have the capacity. It's the biggest failure that's been highlighted in all this.
One could argue that given the government's plan would involve more cases prior to the peak period than other plans do, it might suit them not to have a high degree of testing. Or maybe that's just needless cynicism on my part.
The goal is to treat people that absolutely need it, not get accurate data/numbers. In most countries If you start wide testing, you spread the means when the vast majority of people don't need any medical attention.
