> the Nightingale covid hospitals have never been used...

Because there's no staff to use them:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55413831

> "We are already 'diluting' our skilled ICU nursing staff with less-well-trained volunteers."

> As well as staffing, some have argued there is just not the equipment available to treat the sickest patients

> "In some there are not even appropriate toilet facilities. They were built in a rush because we were desperate."

Based on that info, my guess is these hospitals will only be used as a very last resort, possibly staffed with vets or NHS staff moved from elsewhere in the country for a short period... This is not a scenario that we should encourage or count on.

It’s the economy, stupid. All you guys trying to find excuses to keep on going as normal because “the economy” are engaged in myopic, short-termist thinking. If the health service is smashed and nobody can do anything because the rate of infection is out of control then that ultimately destroys the economy. You have to see the big picture. How long will it be and how much evidence do we have to see before you will just pipe down and get with the program. This is all about the economy, for everybody, not just those of us who can work at home cosily ensconced in our comfortable homes.

If lockdown edicts weren't in place people would be out spending money.

So yes, the economy is fine with a high infection rate.

You’re a fool if you think that’s all it takes to sustain an economy.

I'm a fool if I think people spending money is all it takes to sustain an economy? Okay.

Yes. Is that what you think economics is? People buying stuff in shops?

I think a lot of people lost their jobs working at small businesses in the Covid-19 pandemic.

I think you’re right. Hey have a look at Sweden.

> Do you need a picture drawn for you or something?

And Reddit clapped.