Cost Of Lockdown Not Worth Lives Saved

[Hymie]

This study claims that the lockdown has not been worth the economic cost.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8555171/The-cost-lockdown-Britains-economy-not-worth-lives-saved-study-claims.html

If only we had had some visionary, who at the start of all this could have predicted this – how much loss to the economy we could have prevented.

Of course such a person would have had to have a brilliant mind to see the consequences that no one else foresaw – but undoubted if they posted their ideas on social media sites (such as AB) they would have been ridiculed by others and had their posts deleted by moderators.

If only we were lucky enough such a have such a person amongst us, we should all bow-down and pay homage to them.

Hey, wait a minute – didn’t this guy post exactly that, back in March of this year?

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1703112.html
See the post timed at 21:38 on 13 April in this post – Wow!!!!

[Peter Pedant]

PS I support free speech

[naomi24]

PP. // I think he is describing flaws in the current system//

You think wrong. Read the thread.

[Peter Pedant]

Yup done so
comment remains valid

[naomi24]

Read it again. Jim disagrees with you.

[fiction-factory]

Naomi- I think you need to re-read it. jim is right. The flaws have been exposed across the world. The fact that jim doesn't spell out how to do it differently doesn't change the fact that his observation is correct.
I don't know the solution either but I'm sure there are some themes that could be looked at- more working from home/flexible working, more home deliveries of groceries and other items, mobile food and veg vans, less reliance on overseas goods, faster/more reliable broadband,...