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NorthernJoe said:UK government taking a radically different approach to most other major economies0
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Alexland said:
It might seem harsh but it seems the people who are dying are generally in the later stage of their life anyway with other accumulated conditions and is it really worth damaging the economy into a depression for the next generations?5 -
Thrugelmir said:There's no understanding yet of why the death rate is accelerating in Italy or Spain. Until there's access to the data that summarises the underlying medical conditions that the unfortunate were suffering from. Impossible to predict what the impact might be in the context of the UK. With only 21 directly related deaths so far. UK data in isolation is too small a sample make extrapolations.
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Thrugelmir said:And if were to be your family members that were to die before their time?1
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Thrugelmir said:Alexland said:
It might seem harsh but it seems the people who are dying are generally in the later stage of their life anyway with other accumulated conditions and is it really worth damaging the economy into a depression for the next generations?
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masonic said:Thrugelmir said:Alexland said:
It might seem harsh but it seems the people who are dying are generally in the later stage of their life anyway with other accumulated conditions and is it really worth damaging the economy into a depression for the next generations?0 -
masonic said:Thrugelmir said:There's no understanding yet of why the death rate is accelerating in Italy or Spain. Until there's access to the data that summarises the underlying medical conditions that the unfortunate were suffering from. Impossible to predict what the impact might be in the context of the UK. With only 21 directly related deaths so far. UK data in isolation is too small a sample make extrapolations.0
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Thrugelmir said:masonic said:Thrugelmir said:There's no understanding yet of why the death rate is accelerating in Italy or Spain. Until there's access to the data that summarises the underlying medical conditions that the unfortunate were suffering from. Impossible to predict what the impact might be in the context of the UK. With only 21 directly related deaths so far. UK data in isolation is too small a sample make extrapolations.
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Maybe the UK's stance is to resolve the pension hole and social care problem on the cheap.
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masonic said:Thrugelmir said:masonic said:Thrugelmir said:There's no understanding yet of why the death rate is accelerating in Italy or Spain. Until there's access to the data that summarises the underlying medical conditions that the unfortunate were suffering from. Impossible to predict what the impact might be in the context of the UK. With only 21 directly related deaths so far. UK data in isolation is too small a sample make extrapolations.0
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