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> Keep them away from vulnerable people (who could be put into some of the unused hotels for example) Depending on how you define it, there's something like 1
by chimprich 6y ago
> Keep them away from vulnerable people (who could be put into some of the unused hotels for example)
Depending on how you define it, there's something like 15 million vulnerable people in the UK. There's fewer than 1 million hotel rooms.
What happens to school-age children of people who are vulnerable? Do they have to isolate in the hotel rooms too?
What happens to the carers of some of these vulnerable people? Do they have to isolate? What about their families?
People who are "vulnerable" need by the far the most medical care. How do you do that safely? We can't avoid people picking up infections in hospitals at the moment. Surely it would be far worse if we let the virus go wild?
Wouldn't having lots of vulnerable people who need lots of personal care packed into hotels be at high risk for the virus spreading between them? Isn't that the problem we currently have with care homes?
As soon as you start looking into this as a solution it looks far easier to try to suppress the virus across the entire population.