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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You talk such nonsense, jfman. No-one wants to see unnecessary deaths.
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Yet you want to remove all restrictions when the vaccination programme is incomplete?
That has consequences that are absolutely inevitable.
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However, the decisions made have always been a balance between the health of the nation and the economy. As a self proclaimed ‘economist’ it is surprising that your comments seem to indicate so strongly that the economy doesn’t matter.
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Yet you consistently advocate policy positions that end up in lockdown - with the greatest impact on both human health and the economy.
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Well, it does. Without it, we would have no public services, including the NHS. And we would all be thrown into poverty.
The fixation with the number of positive tests is one you do not balance with the number of people becoming ill enough to be admitted to hospital. As we have now vaccinated all the vulnerable groups, we have effectively avoided the peaks we have suffered to date.
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An entirely speculative position.
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As the vaccination programme continues, we will be avoiding problems with mutations taking their toll of the younger groups. We are already vaccinating the over-30s.
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A sub-optimal vaccination programme increases the chances of a mutation that escapes the vaccine. Every infection of a part vaccinated individual is a dice roll.
I look forward to continued restrictions from June 22. Masks, working from home if you can at a minimum.