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This was the UK government's plan until they realised just how many people would die as a result.

nickthemagicman 7y ago
Thats false. The UK's plan was to not quarantine ANYone. The young are basically immune to this. I'm saying quarantine the vulnerable populations and let the healthy populations out.
- CathedralBorrow 7y ago
  Just before I get into discussing this idea, I'm curious how sure you are about it. The way you describe it it's pretty much a simple solution that just needs implementing. How do you know exactly what the outcome would be?
  - nickthemagicman 7y ago
    From millions of data points it's shown unless you're older or vulnerable you have extremely minimal chance of dying. Then the herd immunity would be build or close to it. It's a much better solution than what we have now that simultaneously killing the economy and human rights.
  - nickthemagicman 7y ago
    Sweden has no quarantine and has been averaging around 400 to 500 new cases daily while UK quarantined everyone and has 4000 to 5000 new cases daily. The interesting thing is that the UK has 60 million people while Sweden has 10 million people. So according to those numbers...how effective is quarantine?
- AlexCoventry 7y ago
  The UK's plan was specifically and explicitly to isolate vulnerable populations. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11191245/who-self-isolate-coronavirus-12-weeks-pandemic/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11191245/who-self-isolate-coro... > Government guidance is that people who are over 70, have an underlying health condition or are pregnant, are strongly advised to limit social interaction
  - nickthemagicman 7y ago
    What's interesting is that Sweden has no quarantine and has been averaging around 400 to 500 new cases daily while UK quarantined everyone and has 4000 to 5000 new cases daily. The interesting thing is that the UK has 60 million people while Sweden has 10 million people. So according to those numbers...how effective is quarantine?

Thats false. The UK's plan was to not quarantine ANYone. The young are basically immune to this. I'm saying quarantine the vulnerable populations and let the healthy populations out.

CathedralBorrow 7y ago
Just before I get into discussing this idea, I'm curious how sure you are about it. The way you describe it it's pretty much a simple solution that just needs implementing. How do you know exactly what the outcome would be?
- nickthemagicman 7y ago
  From millions of data points it's shown unless you're older or vulnerable you have extremely minimal chance of dying. Then the herd immunity would be build or close to it. It's a much better solution than what we have now that simultaneously killing the economy and human rights.
- nickthemagicman 7y ago
  Sweden has no quarantine and has been averaging around 400 to 500 new cases daily while UK quarantined everyone and has 4000 to 5000 new cases daily. The interesting thing is that the UK has 60 million people while Sweden has 10 million people. So according to those numbers...how effective is quarantine?
AlexCoventry 7y ago
The UK's plan was specifically and explicitly to isolate vulnerable populations. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11191245/who-self-isolate-coronavirus-12-weeks-pandemic/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11191245/who-self-isolate-coro... > Government guidance is that people who are over 70, have an underlying health condition or are pregnant, are strongly advised to limit social interaction
- nickthemagicman 7y ago
  What's interesting is that Sweden has no quarantine and has been averaging around 400 to 500 new cases daily while UK quarantined everyone and has 4000 to 5000 new cases daily. The interesting thing is that the UK has 60 million people while Sweden has 10 million people. So according to those numbers...how effective is quarantine?