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Originally Posted by Osem
The direct effects are one thing and of course as more elderly and vulnerable people get the virus the outcomes will no doubt worsen. There's also, however, the indirect effects of so many people having to stay off work and isolate themselves?
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Good infection control measures can mitigate that by slowing the process of infection, but the fact is, we're at the beginning of a pandemic and a level of disruption is inevitable.
The work the health authorities have done so far will have been useful in slowing down the number of people who will have been infected by the time the vaccine becomes available, thereby minimising disruption to society. But once the infection gets beyond the stage of being controllable, there's not a lot of point worrying about it. It will do what viruses do, and just spread.
That's why in a number of areas around the UK they are now moving away from containment policies and concentrating on simply looking after sufferers.