Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Rather less than wrecking the economy, presumably. No-one seems to care that the response to this and the government handouts that are being made as a result will put us in a worse economic position than the financial crash in 2008.

Which is the lesser of these two evils? No-one calls for such measures to deal with seasonal flu, which also claims many lives each year. The number of deaths globally from coronavirus is nowhere near the world totals for 'normal flu'. I suppose the main issue here is that the deaths from Covid 19 are concentrated into a much smaller timescale, putting health resources under enormous pressure for a few weeks.

Still, the cost of isolating people is eye-watering. Expect a lot of questions to be asked about over-reaction when all this is over and we have to suck up the financial consequences.

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Most people, actually. It is a minority who show symptoms that require hospital treatment and most won't even be aware they've had it.