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Originally Posted by Zakalwe
The thing is it’s very hard to commit to a course of action that you know will cause certain death to maybe a quarter of a million (conservatively). I understand that economic Armageddon might ultimately be even worse, but the numbers are intangible. It feels like the difference between actively killing someone versus letting them die slowly and painfully: the former might be more humane but how many people could bring themselves to actually do it?
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Yes, I understand exactly what you mean. But death by a thousand cuts likely to end in a quarter of a million deaths anyway, albeit over a longer time frame. Even worse would be the total destruction of the economy in the process. The objective perspective might be to concentrate on “post-Coronavirus” and minimise the destruction to get there ...
Either way, dreadful choices to have to make ... but that’s what Bojo should be considering. I’m sure he is. Somewhat more stressful than the trifling issue of Brexit!