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Originally Posted by Hugh
Citation, please?
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It's the government position, Hugh. I thought you were good at Googling.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Of course we will avoid deaths. Antibody tests, vaccines and a range of control measures, ensuring medical need doesn’t exceed supply.
The economy is important but can be underwritten by Government and the Central Bank. It’s literally their main function at this time. Money, as you consider it like a household budget, simply doesn’t exist at a macroeconomic level in the same way.
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Oh, it's news to me that you can have a test and you can avoid coronavirus! Has anyone told the virus that or is this just your command?
I'm sorry, mate, but we cannot avoid this as there is no way available yet that can stop the virus from spreading. Despite every effort of the care homes, the virus is still getting in and the death toll is dreadful.
As far as the economy is concerned, we cannot sustain the lockdown measures for long. Fortunately, we don't have an unsustainable deficit anymore, and interest rates are at their lowest in living memory. However, there is a limit to how much debt is manageable, and we cannot let too many businesses collapse - that would be truly disastrous.
Other EU countries are already starting to relax the lockdown, and I dare say we will learn a lot from that.z
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Originally Posted by Hugh
That doesn’t answer my question, which was asking for evidence that the deaths weren’t being avoided, only delayed...
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It's the medical evidence that the government has used to drive the policy.