But lockdown is surely the equivalent of "banning cars" and

we've had 35,000 deaths and lot of people very ill in 3 months even despite lockdown which is more than suffer serious injuries in road accidents all year with everyone driving.

If you reduced driving for 3 months to the extent that lockdown has reduced people's movements then the number of people dying on the roads would be incredibly low.

So surely that analogy doesn't stand up.

If we let it spread uncontrolled then 500,000 Uk residents would possibly have died.

There is of course an argument that we have to have relaxations and manage the risk but its clearly way more risky than driving.

Posted By: Jim on May 14th 2020 at 12:42:47

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Re Risks of Corona (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 12:11:11
- This Osama Rahman? (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, May 14, 13:16:21
  - NEU still "not engaging" with plans to return presumably? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 13:36:14
    - No. I’ve asked what this actually means. (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, May 14, 13:39:59
      - I have a fear (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 13:47:46
        
        I understand that POV. (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, May 14, 14:03:10
        
        I hope so too (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 14:19:30
        
        It’s certainly a journey in to the unknown. (Coronavirus) - avenging canary, May 14, 14:24:22
        
        maybe they should turn the unused football pitches into open air classrooms? :) (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 14:29:56
- But lockdown is surely the equivalent of "banning cars" and (Coronavirus) - Jim, May 14, 12:42:47
  - it's not an analogy, it's a comparison (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 13:18:38
- I do love the daily ‘it’s just the flu’ propaganda (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 14, 12:17:08
  - you have an extremely odd view of what = "propaganda"!! (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 12:31:38
    - It’s definitely not complicated lol (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 14, 12:38:46
  - I don't think staying in complete lockdown until a vaccine is available is an option (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 12:29:36
    - Of course it isn’t (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 14, 12:36:17
      - you should perhaps try to grasp what the article is about, and what it's not about? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 12:42:42
      - There's an art to stating the obvious (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 12:38:41
- Not enough words (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Augustus Pablo, May 14, 12:13:58
  - I've read it twice to compensate. 👍 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 14, 12:19:13
  - come on, you're stuck at home, give it a whirl (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 14, 12:17:06

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