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Originally Posted by jfman
While it suits some to politicise it the simple explanation is that the public won’t stand for tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of deaths
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There is absolutely zero, and I mean zero, evidence to back that up.
If, and it’s a big if, there is a second wave - I personally don’t see it - it is highly unlikely it would surpass the wave we had in April given the heightened status of the country, hospital admissions and deaths remain low. There is no way “ hundreds of thousands” of deaths would ensue. That is sensationalism of the umpth-degree.
As has been said no many times in recent weeks/days, people can now see The direction of travel. Shield the vulnerable, but the general healthy population should just get on with it. Infections will rise, but if -as seems to be the case now - hospital admissions and deaths remain low.
You can call it “herd immunity” if you want, I don’t, but I would just call it living with it.
Thousands more, anymore that may succumb to any other illness, are not going to die in this country.