Maybe this will help YOU learn something!

It's ALWAYS been obvious that the financial impact will be devastating. It's ALWAYS been obvious that health and the economy are "extricably" linked.

Recognising that means I, and most others, are far from "tone deaf" about the financial catastrophe we face as country and the impact it produces on people disproportionately.

That is NOT the point. The point is that this is all about having to face making choices between approaches which are all bad. The decisions to be made are which are least bad, which are more likely to produce the least harm and from which a recovery can be made.

This crisis needs effective, clear-sighted, level headed, management. I am very glad that you, and the others here who think like you, are not responsible for that management. Not only would many more of us die, ultimately the economy would take longer to recover.

Get it now?

No, the priorities are wrong, protect the vulnerable should have been the top priority not closing down the whole country except for schools which are now probably the single biggest spreader of the disease because they all carry it asymptamatically.

I wonder what Wisbech would do if the EU designed shielding programs for all its member states. Alas, they’ve done next to f all.

Do you mean restricting travel within the EU member states?

So far as I know they haven't and it would seem impractical to try to do it completely. It would be like trying to stop us going to Wales or Scotland.

Asking people to restrict travel and then relying on people to comply makes sense. Issuing a few fines and publically shaming public figures does too.

They are though especially proud of the concept of freedom of movement as a bedrock principle.