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Originally Posted by jfman
"Scamper down the rabbit hole" is not equal to maintaining sensible restrictions based on the data.
However he's telling you what you want to hear after a selective interpretation so hooray for your mood for now. Less so on June 22.
The easiest way to manage hospitalisations and deaths is maximise vaccine rollout.
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A decision based on what
could happen that probably
won’t happen is not at all sensible when it would cause struggling businesses to fail and more people to be thrown out of work.
There will be many more variants before this is over but as long as hospital admissions can be kept under control, this should not be of major concern.
The PM would be rightly criticised if he failed to end restrictions based on what some people think could happen when we have a very successful vaccination programme which is nearing completion and with boosters planned to tackle variants on the way.
I suspect that many of those shouting from the rooftops for the measures to continue are benefiting from the furlough scheme and don’t want to return to work.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Probability vs possibility - it's probable (likely) that a new variant could be easier to transmit (cf. the Vietnam variant), it's possible that an asteroid could hit the Earth (but unlikely).
If something is possible, it could happen.
If something is probable, it is likely to happen.
It's possible that Old Boy would support further lockdown measures - it's probable that he won't...  |
You are right on that point. By the way, the Vietnam variant is said to be under control.