| Topic: | Re:Re:Cure worse than the disease? | |
| Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
| Date/Time: | 05/05/20 08:56:00 |
| It would be consistent with the Government's handling of this whole affair if, when it finally publicises it's lockdown exit strategy (weeks after most other countries, even those whose peak was after ours), that strategy is overly draconian/slow, instead of allowing rapid changes depending upon the data. Perhaps as a living thing the virus has a lifespan and its now effectively burning itself out, in the same way it took hold in such a relatively short space of time, so come July they'll be absolutely no need for extended social distancing measures and so forth ?. Equally perhaps that's just wishful thinking, but it grates on me when I hear/read doom and gloom merchants talking about how things will never be the same again or how nothing will be remotely back to normal until 2021, instead of advocating a flexible strategy which can be quickly modified depending upon what the coming weeks bring. After all, whatever 'strategy' the government has supposedly adopted since the very start of this hasn't exactly been a roaring success, and, whilst I'm no conspiracy theorist, Boris getting infected himself undoubtedly helped in increasing the sympathy/reducing the pressure on the government (in the same way Reagan's popularity surged in the short-term after he got shot). |