Wasn't the plan to protect the NHS, which seems to have worked, capacity is good (atm), time for some herd immunity?
@oldhippydude , what do you think? you've seen the video.
For sure the pressure has got a bit less on the NHS.
The next few weeks should see improvements on that front.
As for herd Immunity I do not think that is a factor yet.
More important in determining what steps we take next will be what happens in those European countries that are relaxing restrictions before us. They are all making different choices about who can go back to work or school and we will be able to learn from that.
I do think that the Scottish plan to get back as much of the economy as poss while not letting hospitals get swamped, will be more or less the plan for the uk. It was more or less the original uk plan anyway and it still seemed to be the implication on the .gov site though the words from the podium rapidly changed to something else. At no point was it likely to be the case that we would get the virus by restricting things for a few days or months then get back to normal.
The fear factor was ramped up to get us to comply with restrictions and they were not wanting to discourage us by being truthful about the fact that the virus is here for the long haul and we will have to find ways to live and work with it because we can not afford to do anything else from a host of economic, social and health perspectives.
The companies going back now were never ordered to close and in my mind they are lucky to be getting a chance to get back to work sooner rather than later. Obviously working with social distancing is something more of us will have to learn about, sooner or later. Some companies will do it well others will not care, and that will have to be dealt with. Scotland is giving the police power to check work places for compliance. The rest of the UK will have to decide how to enforce this.
@andi52 As for the video I do not see the Swedish method as being particularly relevant in the short term. Even he said all we can do is go back down the ladder one rung at a time. If the Swedes are right, all it means is when it is all over we end up with similar death rates but we have to try in any case not to swamp the health service as we try to get back to work.
If cases of covid increase in the next few weeks beyond what the hospitals can handle, then they will be closed down again, or it will result in delaying the return of other industries. The sooner you can get back to work the more likely you are to have a job in the long run.
