I think there is definitely a hastiness, which is probably ignoring medical advice. But I suspect it isn't political more financial. In an ideal world, I'm sure the best medical thing to do would keep lockdown going for several more months. However, the country is living off its credit card, more and more people are needing support every day and to be fair the government isn't doing a bad job of providing it. But there are going to be serious financial implications for that and the sooner that can stop the better for everyone.
What the government have to deal with:
- The economic advisers going we need to open the economy now or the long term recession is going to be deeper, the cuts we need to make harsher and rise in poverty (with combined health consequences) greater.
- The health advisors going we can't open up as there may be a second spike and cause more deaths.
I'm not a Borris fan, I think he is bumbling manipulative git and I count myself as very left-wing, but if I'm honest I'm finding it hard to criticise him as
I haven't got the foggiest what the right answer is, in fact, I'm pretty sure there isn't one, open up more people will likely die, don't open up and many more will likely live in poverty for a lot longer.... how the hell do you make the decision? No matter what you do people are going to suffer because of it.