What do you think the uk’s GDP is, out of interest?I would like to expand on the cattle analogy, I'm making no comparisons with a human situation, it's purely for debate.
let's say you have a herd of 100. The death rate without intervention is maybe 6% so you'd lose 6. 5 would be old or have another illness 1 would be young and healthy.
With intervention the death rate can be reduced to 1%, so you'd lose 1. However this comes at a price. The UK has borrowed 50% of its' GDP to combat the virus already and this will rise considerably, so imagine the cost of saving 5 cattle would be borrowing over 50% of turnover (you have no savings), and shutting the farm down for 6 months. This leads to massive interest payments and loss of earnings. The funds for vets and welfare will be much reduced as the debt is payed back, which will have a severe impact on the health of the herd for many years.
Still an easy choice? As I say, purely for debate we cannot of course equate human lives to cattle