I too am waiting to find out what my university thinks should happen. We're also seeing rising cases, though primarily in the 15-19 age group.
I just don't get it. Let's assume that the government have no ethical concerns about people getting covid. I don't understand why they don't have major economic concerns about it: if even 2% more of the young and working age population end up with long covid, then surely that leads to problems for companies (who now can't recruit easily from Europe), and for the government, because of the much larger benefits bill they'll have. I just can't make it add up, even if you assume that the government is just fine with people suffering.
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Date: 2021-07-07 03:31 pm (UTC)I just don't get it. Let's assume that the government have no ethical concerns about people getting covid. I don't understand why they don't have major economic concerns about it: if even 2% more of the young and working age population end up with long covid, then surely that leads to problems for companies (who now can't recruit easily from Europe), and for the government, because of the much larger benefits bill they'll have. I just can't make it add up, even if you assume that the government is just fine with people suffering.