[q-__-p]

I think it would be rational if we knew more about the virus, but we really don't know much, given how new it is. There could be long-term health effects from contracting it, but we just don't know. The UK seems to be making a lot of assumptions, which may not bear out. +1 insane.

[thawaway1837]

This is the part people are missing. We don’t know enough about the virus, and due to the extreme nature of the worst case scenarios it’s probably a better bet to act as if the worst case scenarios are true.

We can recover from an economic hit. We’ve done it several times before, and there are several tools that can be used. A major pandemic with mutating viruses is not something we are as prepared for.