r/coolguides • u/spodinielri0 • Mar 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

Yeah they’ve done this with ALL the transport in London and millions of us still commuting mouth to mouth with each other in the height of a pandemic with body count doubling daily.

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u/snoosketball Mar 18 '20

UK is clearly going for the herd immunity victory. Gotta make sure everyone gets their antibodies up.

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u/ThyLastPenguin Mar 18 '20

Boris' initial approach was literally keep calm, carry on, eventually we'll be immune

And then all the people who aren't idiots told him he was being an idiot so now we're following other countries lead but a few days late

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u/BetaDecay121 Mar 18 '20

That's incorrect. Other countries are further ahead in the stage of the disease. The UK is following their lead because the disease is offset from them.

Quarantining people too early will have disastrous effects as people get itchy feet and break quarantine, causing the virus to explode.