Harry Bloomfield, Esq. wrote:
Dave Liquorice formulated the question :
All we can do is watch the hospital admissions and once they are
showing a consistent fall for a couple of weeks, lift some of the
more draconion ones and keep a close eye on the admissions. If they
start to exponentialy rise bang the restrictions back on. The tricky
bit is spotting early enough the difference between the rise that
will occur when the restrictions are lifted and a rise that means
it's starting to take off again.

The big problem with that, is the long lag between lifting restrictions
and the infections appearing.

Sensible would be system of lifting restrictions in a closely confined
area, as a test. In Italy they have isolated a village for experimental
purposes.


I expect that the so-called Immunity Passport will be rolled out toot
sweet, so those of us that are economically productive and have shrugged
off a dose of Covid-19 already can get back to our usual routines. It
doesnt take a close study of the Tory mindset to know that theyre much
more keen about getting the economy going than keeping pensioners alive;
the next General Election is too far away for the loss of potential voters
to over-ride the cost of lockdown. And many of those that will die from
this wouldnt make it to the next election anyway, so its even less of a
concern for your common or garden Tory politico.

Of course, therell still be millions of Boomers on lockdown for months to
come while they wait for a vaccine. Theyll kick up an almighty fuss about
€œsnowflake millennials€� being allowed to do what they like again, but the
alternative is they roll the dice and catch the plague. A big risk for that
demographic.

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