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The UK is spending £37billion on "NHS test and trace" over two years. Roughly £700 per inhabitant of the UK. To put that into perspective, it's about half the
by bananapear 5y ago
The UK is spending £37billion on "NHS test and trace" over two years. Roughly £700 per inhabitant of the UK.
To put that into perspective, it's about half the total spending on education for 2020, or over 3/4 of the defence budget.
As a species, we are yet to fully understand how viral transmission works. Spend it on schools instead.