An alternative perspective

[havefunpeleton]

If at the last election. A political party had said they'd save 60 k deaths. However this would cost us 100 billion. And our kids and grandkids would have to repay this debt. And the majority of people 'saved' would die within a year. And btw we'd have to lockdown for months... and there would be huge unemployment. Schools would close too. I'm guessing this wouldn't have been a vote winner!!

If however a party promised to cut taxes (and therefore cut nhs spending) they'd have been pretty popular

We have been utterly brainwashed haven't we?

And the majority of people 'saved' would die within a year The figure I saw was that the estimated remaining life expectancy of those who died was 13 years. Unless those who were saved were on average considerably older or considerably more unwell than those who died, it is unlikely that "the majority of those saved would die within the year".

I’m vulnerable to coronavirus and I’m 39. I intend to live longer than 13 more years.