UK Covid death toll

[richbaggie]

What is the logic of this light touch strategy? When we are planning for nearly a quarter of staff to be off sick / isolating due to Covid? How is that managing the pandemic? It’s more like gambling it’ll be ok. Is this a public health policy or a keep Boris in power policy? 

Worst case scenario

What should we do instead? Lockdown?

Yes, because the choice is as binary as pretty much no restrictions or lockdown! Time will tell if Wales or Scotland do better over the next couple of months. I suspect they will.

So where are there ‘pretty much’ no restrictions then?

We already have to wear masks in more places, are advised to take quick tests if we are visiting people, advised to work from home if possible and vaccine passports are required for certain venues. In addition a number of events have been cancelled without the need for Government intervention.

So what extra restrictions would you impose which would allow the country, economy and people to carry on which may not have an effect to people off work by greater than 25%

For what it’s worth despite more sanctions having been  in force for longer by Wales, N Ireland and Scotland only Scotland has slightly less cases per 100,000 in the most recent 7 day figures.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/uk-da...ay-average

Partial lockdown/restrictions seem to have little effect on Omnicron.