Quote Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever View Post
It's a reasonable point but I think these things should be based on balance and perspective. Lockdown and the on-going restrictions mean millions will lose their livelihoods A couple, who are relatives of mine have both lost their jobs. It is a very frightening experience for them I can tell you.

Then you have to factor in the other health conditions like cancer that have been neglected and continue to be so. The oncologist Karol Sikora calls this an unfolding disaster and thinks we have already caused the future deaths of tens of thousands of people unnecessarily from cancer.

Wearing seat belts and having speed limits does not cause other deaths, lockdown does.
Economy/jobs vs deaths/chronic illness. It is not easy. But the best way to save the former is to minimise the latter. It is how we get there. Minimising the risk is not the answer, but of course nor is maximising it. Sikora is minimising the risk of Covid, but maximising the risk of "missed" cancers - an interesting mixture.