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Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action

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Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action

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- Small government - Pro free speech (or as The Guardian like to describe me, "free speech extremist") - Equality of opportunity (but not "positive" discrimination), NHS and safety nets fit here - Proud of our country and history, and acknowledging the bad parts without trying to destroy them - Capitalism/free markets over intense regulation - Pro small business and anti corporatism - Self responsibility So definitel…

Thanks for answering! I'd love to discuss your values in more detail but this really isn't the place to do that. For now, I'd definitely ask you to consider if supporting the current party (which as you note is antithetical to some of your values) might damage the country or move it too far away from your ideals? I generally feel let down by all the major political parties, so I've been attempting to vote for whoever…

The problem is there's very few electable parties. I'm a fan of the Brexit Party but I doubt they'd ever get a real platform to get in. My only other options are protest votes, so all incentives point to the Tories. Being part of the party (rather than an outsider) at least allows me to influence it. Hopefully Labour bounces back, but as long as they stay on their current course, they're generally unelectable for us northerners.

Re: Covid-19: UK faces 50k cases a day by October without action

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As I've been saying to everyone (including my Italian partner whose stated much the same opinion as you have) - I don't think anyone can point to any state and declare with any assurance "They got it right!" and I don't think we'll be able to until this time next year at least. To herd or not to herd? To hide or not to hide? What risk is acceptable, and in what domains - social? Emotional? Economic? No one knows, but…

Fewer people dying seems like a decent metric to optimize for, no?

Over what period?

We're not at the end of this.

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