I wonder if I am the only person to think that a laissez faire approach might in fact be the best one. Enormous economic and social disruption is being contemplated in order to reduce the number of elderly people with “underlying health issues” from dying a few years earlier than they otherwise might. Admittedly in the UK this could amount to as many as half a million excess deaths, if 80% of the population became infected.
For everyone else who catches COVID19 it would appear to be less unpleasant than a bout of influenza. Some do not even notice they’ve been infected. If we do nothing other than care humanely for the sick, and otherwise attempt to continue life as normal, we will end up with a population that has real and extensive immunity to the virus and, apart from the additional cost of care for the sick and dying, relatively little impact on our domestic economy.
Instead of which, governments across the developed world seem to be preparing to deliberately crash their economies, in order to appear kind and concerned. Perhaps they are only pretending. I do hope so.
I write as an at risk near 70 year old, much more concerned for the welfare of my children and grandchildren than my own survival. I’m currently self isolating in France with the early symptoms of the infection.
Prayers for your recovery. I agree with you. As a grand mother I am more concerned about the over reaction to this in bringing about acceptance of Socialism. The Climate Hoax was planned around getting a Global Fear in order to control people and get them to agree to giving up their privileges for the great social experiment of One World Government , open borders etc. The proof is there for anyone who cares to investigate now that we don’t have a serious forth estate. All stated back in the early days of planning for Agenda 21 when ‘Sustainability’ was invented. China was planning to use economic blackmail over the trade war and this is the economic blackmail jackpot! With no true Conservative leaders in the world and Christian ethics gone the future is grim to protect the Freedoms of the West over a future Totalitarian regime.
Seems strange for a conservative to accept the boomer remover doctrine. You do realise if you go laissez faire to continue the zombie that is neoliberalism then ur more likely gonna get socialism via the ballot box with all the dead boomers.
Seems funny you a) assume I’m a conservative and b) assume the virus will mainly kill conservative boomers. Although I do agree the sooner the tottering zombie of neoliberalism falls off the cliff, the better
Fraser Bailey
4 years ago
Not on topic, but I would like to say just how much I agree with Graeme Archer’s article about the media class. He articulates all the reasons I threw out the TV 20 years ago, stopped buying newspapers 10 years ago and stopped listening to the radio two years ago.
Hear Hear – that Times reference in Mr. Archer’s article has everything in it that is wrong about the coverage, pundit upon pundit pontificating and none of them with any knowledge than anyone else… 99% complete rubbish!
Dave Weeden
4 years ago
Can’t agree with “People just forgot about it afterwards.” The reason states plan for this sort of pandemic (and they do) is precisely because people remember it. If the Spanish Flu hadn’t happened when it did, and where it did, I fear governments would think “can’t happen now” and be totally unprepared. Hegel was wrong: we do learn from history.
I wonder if I am the only person to think that a laissez faire approach might in fact be the best one. Enormous economic and social disruption is being contemplated in order to reduce the number of elderly people with “underlying health issues” from dying a few years earlier than they otherwise might. Admittedly in the UK this could amount to as many as half a million excess deaths, if 80% of the population became infected.
For everyone else who catches COVID19 it would appear to be less unpleasant than a bout of influenza. Some do not even notice they’ve been infected. If we do nothing other than care humanely for the sick, and otherwise attempt to continue life as normal, we will end up with a population that has real and extensive immunity to the virus and, apart from the additional cost of care for the sick and dying, relatively little impact on our domestic economy.
Instead of which, governments across the developed world seem to be preparing to deliberately crash their economies, in order to appear kind and concerned.
Perhaps they are only pretending. I do hope so.
I write as an at risk near 70 year old, much more concerned for the welfare of my children and grandchildren than my own survival. I’m currently self isolating in France with the early symptoms of the infection.
Prayers for your recovery. I agree with you. As a grand mother I am more concerned about the over reaction to this in bringing about acceptance of Socialism. The Climate Hoax was planned around getting a Global Fear in order to control people and get them to agree to giving up their privileges for the great social experiment of One World Government , open borders etc. The proof is there for anyone who cares to investigate now that we don’t have a serious forth estate. All stated back in the early days of planning for Agenda 21 when ‘Sustainability’ was invented. China was planning to use economic blackmail over the trade war and this is the economic blackmail jackpot! With no true Conservative leaders in the world and Christian ethics gone the future is grim to protect the Freedoms of the West over a future Totalitarian regime.
Seems strange for a conservative to accept the boomer remover doctrine. You do realise if you go laissez faire to continue the zombie that is neoliberalism then ur more likely gonna get socialism via the ballot box with all the dead boomers.
Seems funny you a) assume I’m a conservative and b) assume the virus will mainly kill conservative boomers. Although I do agree the sooner the tottering zombie of neoliberalism falls off the cliff, the better
Not on topic, but I would like to say just how much I agree with Graeme Archer’s article about the media class. He articulates all the reasons I threw out the TV 20 years ago, stopped buying newspapers 10 years ago and stopped listening to the radio two years ago.
Hear Hear – that Times reference in Mr. Archer’s article has everything in it that is wrong about the coverage, pundit upon pundit pontificating and none of them with any knowledge than anyone else… 99% complete rubbish!
Can’t agree with “People just forgot about it afterwards.” The reason states plan for this sort of pandemic (and they do) is precisely because people remember it. If the Spanish Flu hadn’t happened when it did, and where it did, I fear governments would think “can’t happen now” and be totally unprepared.
Hegel was wrong: we do learn from history.