> it would be a really bad idea to skip a cost/benefit analysis
Western leaders aren't doing any cost/benefit analysis at all - except to their political career.
We have a range of very low-cost, technological measures avaliable. For exampme upgrading schools with proper ventillation. We have scientific studies that show this would reduce likelihood of infection for everythint, from COVID to common cold. It would reduce CO2 concentrations in classrooms and help children be more alert and awake. There has been zero budget allocated to them.
In London I have seen UV sterilisation installed on handrails of the escalators, and ROI on that will be mostly zero.
Western leaders aren't doing any cost/benefit analysis at all - except to their political career.
We have a range of very low-cost, technological measures avaliable. For exampme upgrading schools with proper ventillation. We have scientific studies that show this would reduce likelihood of infection for everythint, from COVID to common cold. It would reduce CO2 concentrations in classrooms and help children be more alert and awake. There has been zero budget allocated to them.
In London I have seen UV sterilisation installed on handrails of the escalators, and ROI on that will be mostly zero.