Quote Originally Posted by Dave_Mole View Post
"Manage the number of people becoming seriously ill, so that it's not everyone (or unmanageable numbers for the NHS) get infected all at once".

Which was the point of lockdown.

But the problem is the impact on the economy. The issue is balancing the two. We seem to be lurching from one level of"acceptability" to the other at the moment.
Agree. It's the fine balancing that's needed. Problem is, the government seems to be overly reactive rather than proactive.

It's like driving a car with either your foot fully down on the accelerator pedal before correctively slamming on the brakes, then back to the accelerator, and so forth.

Maybe there's not enough data and / or instruments of management to plan ahead for a more nuanced 'drive', or maybe the Government and/or Cabinet are too leaderless? It's like the CV policy drive has too many hands grabbing at the steering wheel so we career all over the highway. Having said that, perhaps it's inevitably how democracies work (not that I'm advocating for a dictator, benign or otherwise)!