Quote Originally Posted by mickd1961 View Post
Dubs......

My theory for the last three months is that if there’s no vaccine on the horizon then maybe the only answer is for countries to massively ramp up their health provision.

Economic cost to the economy is going to outweigh public health the world over in my opinion.

If I was running the country now I would be putting huge money into recruitment and training of nurses and doctors and building of new and specific respiratory centres.

I think there’s going to be no other choice because we can’t live in this way year after year as there’s going to be no economy to support anything.

Is there an argument of value in what I say?

Do we build capacity to cope with the infection rate to allow life to resume what we used to class as “normal” in your opinion?
Well while I am no expert on infection diseases....I can only pass on what seems to be the thinking from a hospital stand point. Everything that is being done presently, is just to stall a massive over load in the system till some kind of vaccine can be brought on stream.But that may still be away in the future, so in the mean time...preventative action is the only defense against this very transmittable disease. Not sure about UK but here...thee has been a big drive over the last decade of more to get people into private health. Public health has been under invested and has been shown up all across the globe.

As with cancer...the best action to prevent or reduce ones chances of getting it...is mainly preventative action...Example... don't smoke, reduce alcohol consumption, have a balanced diet...exercise.
So to with SARS-Cov2 until a vaccine is produced...and then there is a swell of opinion against taking vaccines....see that every year with the flu shots......all of which is grand for the virus.....

On the wider front of economics...change has to come about and fast as the world is not sustainable at the current burn through rate....there are a lot of global conditions coming to a head and not way of in the future but very soon. I don't think this is a next generation problem...it is a now generation problem. Global society is at tipping point and the fact that SAGE are talking about social breakdown.....is not to be taken lightly. All of this is happening within 10 years of a financial meltdown that wa suppose to be a once in a life time event...and barely 10 years later...and the financial situation is far far worse....
Many backs are up against the wall now...
There is a much much bigger picture being played out Mick......dots have to be joined up quickly or humanity will not be the better for it...