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Originally Posted by downquark1
The discussion has to move beyond what works and into what is worth doing. We know lockdowns "work", it would invalidate germ theory if they didn't. But you need to decide how much you are going to tolerate to abolish a virus that seems to be getting less and less potent at killing people.
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Is it getting less and less potent? Without the actual case numbers from March it’s not definitively possible to say. And it is recognised that it got into the care home system where it hit those most at risk.
Without restrictions when the NHS is overwhelmed - and I say when, not if, - restrictions become inevitable anyway. It’s better to be proactive than reactive.
What the real decision is to what extent the Government want to support people and businesses through the crisis. If it’s not willing to do either eventually it falls apart.
Fundamentally we’re all taxpayers and it’s cheaper to protect jobs (and businesses) in the interim than to lose millions to the dole for years.