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Old 4 April 2020, 12:51 AM   #4955
andyxxx
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Originally Posted by HighlandWatch View Post
You may be right, but it would be a brave politician to proactively decide to go back to work and let it run it’s inevitable course.

The likelihood would be that many more people would die as the overwhelmed NHS could not cope. I think social acceptability and optics play a big part here as the impact would be immediate.

But, you’re right, the economic fallout will be significant ...

And, to a large extent I agree with you. I’m watching Sweden with interest ... as I’m sure other governments are!

Yes it will be a difficult decision – but I believe inevitably it will be made.

I fully understand the logic and flattening the curve but we are simply not getting infected quick enough to have this conclude within a few months using the self isolation method (Even if you take it that there a 10 or 20 times the known number actually infected.)
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