[gtirloni]

I think the general idea is not to avoid it forever but delay infections as much as possible so the healthcare system has time to process them. Essentially avoid DDoS'ing hospitals.

Yes, almost everybody will get this thing but let's not do it all at the same time (and before there's a vaccine or specific medication).

[eanthy]

People say it like it's a cold and we might as well get it instead of everything close for 2 weeks and get it over with. I don't know why UK think it's so much better and special than any other country in Europe. Only time will show.

[DanBC]

The UK (and I'm not saying I agree with this) says that people are going to get covid-19 no matter what we do, so we want to get as many young healthy people to get now as possible. That means they stop being vectors for transmission, and it means we can manage hospital admissions and "cocoon" vulnerable people.

personally, I think this is a risky strategy that's going to cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and totally over-whelm our hospitals who are already struggling under winter pressures.

https://twitter.com/iandonald_psych/status/12385183716516495...

https://thesmallplaces.wordpress.com/2020/03/13/cocoons/