Quote Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever View Post
I thought her follow up points were even better:

Also implicit in this is:
1) We don't know the difference between positive tests & cases &
2) We don't know that 12 times as many people are dying from flu & pneumonia than Covid right now &
3) We forgot that 1,700 people die in the UK every day... over 600,000 a year
One of the most telling stats that I've learned since covid all kicked off is that something like 450 people die each and every day of cancer. That said covid is an infectious disease which can therefore be 'treated' by stopping people getting infected so, at a very base level, it has a "treatment" that works. I think though its covid's ability to multiply super fast if left unchecked that makes deciding any course of action very scary to quantify and, given the government's previous track record with it, they just can't afford to be to libertarian with their dealings with it right now. Another screw up will surely lose Boris his job?