Look, I appreciate you have your view but the simple fact of the matter is that every single day, people’s lives come down to money.
look at the Syrian refugee crisis - if everyone met your apparently standards of morality, then why aren’t all borders open and we are actively sending aid? Do babies and young children washing up dead on shores matter equally and their lives shouldn’t be a matter of money?
I appreciate you disagree me and what I said in the comments but this is a delicate balancing act. obviously, measures need to be taken to stem the spread of the virus but measures to keep the economy functioning (at this point, based on the numbers infected etc) are arguably more important.
it is absolutely imperative that the economy does not fall into a deep recession.
oh and btw, a key attribute of a recession is an increased death rate. during the last financial crisis, an additional half million people died due to depression, ill heath and suicide.
If we move into recession, it is highly likely people on this forum (or people they are close to) will be impacted through job losses, less business profitability, potential family or personal ill heath.
I’m not asking you to agree with me, I’m just pointing out that I can understand the governments resistance to move to the next phase. They likely have complex models considering all these factors.
