If people could take ownership for their actions, whereby people at “risk” would keep themselves out of busy pubs, away from public gatherings, off crammed tube trains, then the 90+% that aren’t “at risk” could get on with life as normal and keep the economy going
The problem is that the 90% are also at risk: at risk of infecting those over 40, BAME or with comorbidities and upon whom the economy also relies. I cant run my hospital with only 20 year olds and nor can most businesses manage. society is interconnected
Everyone loves to blame the government for going into lockdown too late. But the virus was known about for at least two months previous, why did those “at risk” not take themselves out of society?
In the UK because the government failed to inform or properly inform. The average 50 year old worker couldnt simply tell his employer he was not going to work even if he did have the training to call out the government's propaganda and wrong decisions. In relation to the elderly, the government ordered hospitals to get rid of them back to care homes even if they were covid positive. Care homes were threatened with police action when they resisted. The government could have closed the borders. It could have locked down selectively if done earlier. Dont blame the man in the street with no training in epidemiology or infectious diseases.