Originally Posted by
Optimistic Nick
Agree. Death is a very, very crude measure of how dangerous this is. There are lots of people suffering long term / life changing effects from this virus. That it is less deadly is fantastic. It doesn't make it a cold. Not yet.
One thing I never understand with these criticisms of govt being over-cautious: what is your conspiracy theory? This is Boris Johnston's Tory government. Does anyone honestly think he wants businesses closed, restrictions imposed etc? I'm not a fan of his by any means and I actually think his optimism bias has been a disaster, certainly in 2020. But at no stage do i suspect he's needlessly throttled the economy. Why would he? It's hardly in his DNA.