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Yeah I realise it was never going to be undetected, but reckon long term we'd have been better off. Mortality rate is likely to be considerably under 1% given the vast numbers of people who will get it and not present symptoms
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but reckon long term we'd have been better off.
If you're fortunate enough not to be dead you mean?
Mortality rate is likely to be considerably under 1%
Not according to data from Italy which shows this is only if optimal numbers of beds/ventilators available. If our already strained system is overwhelmed we're looking at closer to 5%.
Stopping our system getting overwhelmed depended on testing and lockdowns, neither of which was prioritised over protecting the economy, will only make things worse for the UK.
If only 60% of the UK gets it (which is optimistic from where we are now) then 5% of that's 1950000 people dead instead of the best-case of 1% 390000. In that context, the government's response has been alarmingly complacent from my perspective...
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Everything going on now is to stop a huge wave crashing the limited resources of the NHS. Death rate would be much higher than 1% if it somehow 'caught us unaware'. Have you been watching much of the news? (Genuine question).
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Squaredisk
eh, says who? And how is a pandemic with a mortality rate of up to 5% depending hugely on resources and response going to ever go undetected?