Legohead
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Yes it's a fair point Paul. I think that at some point soon we have to just accept this virus, accept the risk and get on with life. If we have to live like this until next year for example or beyond then not only will the economy be dead in the water but a lot of people just won't see the point in purely existing. Life is for living and experiencing things and the longer life goes on with us doing neither, the more risk many of us will be prepared to accept just to be able to have a life again.Another example of how this whole thing is about risk.
If you are employed by Scarborough Council as a public loo cleaner, do you want to go back to work or remain at home - furloughed? Human nature says probably the latter. Your Union would probably say that unless Scarborough Council can 'guarantee your safety', you shouldn't go back to work. How can Scarborough Council do this? They can't. They might give you more PPE, stronger chemicals, revised procedures - but they can't make it '100%' safe.
Is it in the interests of society as a whole that you go back to work, and is the impact of you not going back to work worse in terms of public heath / benefit than you being at work?
I know we take different views about schools, but it is the same side of the coin. As are dentists, tip-operators, physiotherapists... the list is endless of jobs and companies we want to be operating but for every loud voice saying they should, someone else will say it's 'not safe'.
I do think that sending schools back now is mad, especially when kids are off for the summer holidays soon anyway but come September, i'm fully expecting a full return to schools and my kid will be going - virus or no virus and i would expect teachers to either do the same or resign. If we still in the same boat come September then fair enough. We learn to live with the virus and must get on with it by then.
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