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My partner has asthma, covid could kill him.
But, I do understand also that cancer patients cannot get treatment (but perhaps only a vaccine will sort that...) and that some people now have no money and are stuck in small apartments with no access to good outside space and are really stressed. Domestic abuse deaths are up, some people are not going to their GP/A&E with diabetes problems which can kill them, the list goes on.
Perhaps opening up medical centres, dentists, businesses / areas first that have a lot of people that are really struggling while keeping vulnerable people in and given vulnerable workers the option to keep working from home, make us all wear masks and give shop workers PPE too is some form of compromise, but I am thinking out loud here.
And that will require very good test and trace to be somewhat safe, which the UK doesn't have. I can see volunteers do that (I am happy to go out and swap people in the area), and many areas now have volunteers that can bring food. But you also need the tests and the tracking systems, links with healthcare professionals etc. so the government has to pull its weight on that.