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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by eli_gottlieb on Saturday March 14, 2020 @07:45PM (#22579679)
I don't think killing a larger portion of Britons than of Continental Europeans is going to be good for the British economy.
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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by devnullbyte on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:40AM (#22582419)
That's ignoring intent they expressed to implement very long isolation measures for the elderly. Thier approach might be flawed, but let's debate it based on what has actually been stated.
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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by eli_gottlieb on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:39PM (#22586550)
They can intend what they please, but the facts show that you can't save the elderly without quarantining and social distancing of the non-elderly. "Stiff upper lip" is such a caricature of Britishness that I wonder if Johnson is doing it as a piece of patriotic method-acting. It is not a medically sensible method to fight COVID-19.
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