Wildmoggy wrote:
Didn't Boris yesterday suggest there was no evidence stopping public 'gatherings' would help slow the rate down? Seems a change of mind pretty quickly, I wonder how long before schools close, even though they were suggesting that wouldn't help matters either!
There isn't any evidence as far as I'm aware - hence my point.
As for closing schools - that will come; the problem if they do it now is that for it to be effective, it would need to be in place for around 14 weeks - which is simply unconscionable. There is also some argument that it's actually better for kids to be observing routine, being subject to the schools infection control measures etc, than it is to be schlepping around at home and inevitably, going out.
This is the 'delay' phase remember - so the project now is to let it spread, but slowly, in as managed a way as possible, so that the vast majority of us who will get it and experience only mild symptoms followed by a full recovery, will start to create herd immunity. Meanwhile, those people who are additionally vulnerable, can be looked after in healthcare settings in a staged way, instead of all at once.