(05-06-2020, 08:56 AM)Protheroe Wrote:(05-06-2020, 08:36 AM)baggy1 Wrote: No I can't imagine anyone does JOK, I'd say that it will all wash out but it's fair to say that compared to across Europe we have performed badly and made errors of judgement.
You can't lockdown a free society in the same way as you can a totalitarian state either.
We haven't locked down like a totalitarian state, there are lots of people still working - I haven't stopped along with most of the Financial Services industry as we can work from home, Construction should be back and was never told to stop, Manufacturing will be back in some form very soon. We've hardly got the military patrolling the streets and arresting anyone out after dark.
(05-06-2020, 08:58 AM)JOK Wrote:(05-06-2020, 08:36 AM)baggy1 Wrote: No I can't imagine anyone does JOK, I'd say that it will all wash out but it's fair to say that compared to across Europe we have performed badly and made errors of judgement.Yep, I would say the errors were of possible tardiness rather than incorrect decisions. Lock down was possibly a week or so too late although one argument for the delay was ‘isolation fatigue’ and I think we are seeing that appear increasingly this past week or so.
I know and can understand your frustration with Proth’s protestations of ‘business as usual’ but we do have to keep an eye on the economy. We can’t just dismiss it out of hand. This does all have to be paid for at some time
I agree with all of that but there is a large part of the economy still working, areas like retail and hospitality are obviously going to suffer but in my view that would happen anyway as people simply wouldn't go to the pub / shops in enough numbers to make them sustainable.
There will be some big losses that will take years to fix but that is inevitable I'm afraid.