Shield the high risk - Get the majority back to work.
The Government should focus on potecting the groups which the scientific evidence clearly shows as being the most vulnerable, whilst the vast majority of the healthy population get back to work. This would require a risk based strategy, with some relevant social restrictions to minimise the rate of future infection rates.
Why the contribution is important
It lets people take responsibilty for their own health, gets society back to something approaching normality, be it somewhat different, and gets the economy started again.
by geforse1 on May 10, 2020 at 07:11PM
Posted by OldDeuteronomy May 10, 2020 at 19:18
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Posted by ArchieM May 10, 2020 at 19:32
So our Scottish Government still tells us to “stay home “ but we can go out as often as we want to exercise. (But no sunbathing ....so no taps aff even when you are out walking).. yep really clear message there.
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Posted by Opportunity May 10, 2020 at 19:48
Even young people with no known risk factors have been severly affected and some died.
Children have been identified to spread the disease the same way as adults, without being particularly at risk themselves.
However, there have been cases affecting children reported in US, UK, France and Italy, where severe symptoms similar to the Kawasaki-syndrome had to be treated and even led to some deaths.
To send the vast majority back to work and only shield some of the identified risk groups, would be a dangerous gamble, morally and ethically not acceptable and from an economic perspective destructive since a second wave could have even more impact.
Frankly, I wonder whether anybody who claims that the economy needs restarting (far too early) has questioned his/her own statements from how many deaths that person is willing to accept as a price?
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Posted by MikeJohnston May 10, 2020 at 20:42
Why do I bother?.
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Posted by KJF May 10, 2020 at 20:52
Also, we do not want to repeat the mistakes of the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1918 when the second wave of infections was the worst.
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Posted by Lorraine10 May 10, 2020 at 20:53
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Posted by OldDeuteronomy May 10, 2020 at 20:59
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Posted by Jammie May 10, 2020 at 22:33
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