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Old 24-04-2020, 20:46   #2515
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
The good news is we are neither trying to effectively delay nor prevent, so you can always use the UK up as an example that will prove your point of a second wave being worse than the first.

I'm not sure what I'm quoting you on, that failing to adhere to internationally recognised best practice doesn't get desirable outcomes? I'm sure we are in agreement on that.
You may find the attached article interesting. Your support of panic reaction is not one that was originally advocated.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ic-lost-nerve/

In particular:

The point about the national pandemic plan is that it is specifically required to be proportionate to the risk, though it does err on the side of a “reasonable worst-case scenario”. This means that there can be over-responses, as there was to the swine flu in 2009 which turned out not to be as bad as feared.

For coronavirus, the Government was following this framework almost to the letter while preparing the country for what would be a difficult period. But that all changed on Mother’s Day when pictures of people out and about led to a clamour for a lockdown that was never planned for. Prof Heneghan says the Government lost its nerve. Concerned that it would be seen to be putting the economy ahead of the NHS, it is now inflicting worse damage on the country than the virus itself.

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Originally Posted by Russ View Post
People trust Boris?
Well, yes, they do! Don't get taken in by Labour propoganda. It's amazing that they should accuse Boris when they have such mega-fibbers in their own party!

Give us a break!
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