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Originally Posted by Pierre
Going into full lockdown when there is less than a handful of cases doesn’t seem particularly viable either
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There are no options without costs. Rishi is out today attributing our recession to the service sector and social elements of the economy.
New Zealand are looking at it objectively tossing up locking down for 3-6 weeks, getting to zero and getting back to actual
normal minus tourism against the alternative of almost permanent restrictions.
Whitty says we are at or near the limit of what we can ease. That's before schools go back. There's no nightclubs, no 60,000 people at football matches, no concerts or events and other huge parts of the economy.
If they get it right the short term pain gives long term gain. I accept that's an
if.