Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
Those effects aren't a given, they can be reduced by more spending in that area i.e. making sure that missed screening is caught up on.

Additionally, they aren't necessarily any better in a world where this is no lock down. If the virus had been allowed to run riot then there would have been a lot more missed appointments as the NHS wouldn't have been able to cope - this report from July 2020 at a time when there were voices within the govermnent suggesting a "herd immunity" approach fortunately doesn't seem to have ultimately had much creedence here or anywhere else
Noted , but your assumption was based on SAGE modelling which time and time again has proved to be incorrect.