Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:51 pm
#1895231
I think the reality is that the pandemic experts are being asked for advice on how to minimise the health effects of the virus whereas governments have to view the wider picture.
We could require everyone to stay home for 2 months, weld our front doors shut, compulsory quarantine centres a la China, etc. That would end Covid in the UK, at least until someone brought it in from abroad again, but in the meantime half the population will have starved to death. Those with an axe to grind will of course rant and rave at the politicians for ignoring "the science" as johnm liked to call it but there has to be a compromise between full on pandemic control & society continuing to function. It is very noticeable how many of the harsh lockdown proponents have tax funded jobs with a guaranteed salary, irrespective of the health of the economy.
No-one is suggesting that "only" 17,000 people died from Covid; the suggestion is that the 100,000+ other deaths were in many cases people seriously ill with other conditions & that Covid may have contributed to their deaths rather than cause it.
We could require everyone to stay home for 2 months, weld our front doors shut, compulsory quarantine centres a la China, etc. That would end Covid in the UK, at least until someone brought it in from abroad again, but in the meantime half the population will have starved to death. Those with an axe to grind will of course rant and rave at the politicians for ignoring "the science" as johnm liked to call it but there has to be a compromise between full on pandemic control & society continuing to function. It is very noticeable how many of the harsh lockdown proponents have tax funded jobs with a guaranteed salary, irrespective of the health of the economy.
No-one is suggesting that "only" 17,000 people died from Covid; the suggestion is that the 100,000+ other deaths were in many cases people seriously ill with other conditions & that Covid may have contributed to their deaths rather than cause it.