London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS briefing

Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by doovd on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:04PM (#25664686)

You will tolerate deaths until it becomes a loved one or yourself. At that point you'll realise that all you need to do is stop being an idiot and understand that with some restrictions we can significantly reduce deaths and at some point in the near future resume "free life".

"It's crazy" how much people are willing to risk just because they can't be patient.

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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by azangru on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:39PM (#25665385)

> You will tolerate deaths until it becomes a loved one or yourself.

Couldn't you argue that a loved one may die because of the consequences of the lockdown? Undiagnosed cancer, depression, suicide, aftermath of the ruined economy? Is anyone keeping this tally?

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Re:London will be overwhelmed by Covid in a fortnight says l... by d4mi3n on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:59PM (#25665693)

Hard to get a diagnosis when the hospital is overrun with people dying in line, friend.

To the other points: yes, things will be hard. We can quantify how hard each approach will be.

In the case of a lockdown, there will be orders of magnitude fewer deaths.

A tally is being kept—all the numbers were run before a lockdown was even considered. The only reason this debate continues is because so many ignore the hard work medical administrations, public health departments, virologists, economists, and policy makers have already done.

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