I don't entirely disagree with you Steve, in that I don't subscribe to the notion that closing pubs and restaurants at 10pm will have any significant impact - it isn't like at 21.59 everyone is sensible and the virus is dormant, but at 22.01 everyone goes crazy and the virus wakes up.But where are we heading ?. So many businesses cannot afford to go down this route and further restrictions will push them into bankruptcy. You say the economy can recover, but for weeks now almost every day big employers have been confirming major job losses, and with the imminent end of furlough that is only going to increase. Nor can (or should we) expect the government to throw endless amounts of money at the 'lucky ones' who can be furloughed or get a self-employed grant. It's easy to say "work from home" but so many businesses, big or small, depend upon employees being in offices for their day-to-day survival. And again, to those who say its selfish to go on holiday at the moment, I say they are at least trying to keep the tourism industry afloat rather than solely focusing on their own selfish self-preservation. We seem to be getting to the point where, in crude terms, it's deaths in terms of people or deaths in terms of the economy, and anything in the middle isn't any good.And that's where the polarisation exists within society, just as it does on this forum. You, James and others are all about the extreme of putting people's lives above all else, which is arguably very noble and so forth, but others, like myself, just can't go along with that, because whilst I can easily say that I don't want any of my family or friends to die from covid, all I see is a much bigger negative in terms of the nationwide and global economic implications.Personally I think the government lost all credibility yesterday by going into complete scaremongering mode and I fear that will completely backfire because an increasing amount of society aren't "buying it" anymore and, rather than getting them onside, it will achieve the precise opposite.
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