UK Government Quietly Downgrades Covid-19

[Sebastian Cobb]

Figured this can have its own thread.

Looks like the government have lowered the classification of C-19 despite it already having a higher death toll than other diseases.

https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/uk-government-officially-and-quietly-downgrades-covid-19/

[peanutbutter]

I'd say that 3 week period was very much chosen with a mindset that they're gonna end lockdown for the easter weekend regardless of where things lie tbh.

[hamfist]

As much as I loathe to give this government any leeway, I read this somewhere : they have to downgrade it so that any hospital facility can treat it, and not special approved ones for highly communicable diseases.

No idea if that is right or not.

[Zetetic]

It's really a 'downgrade' but a change in classification, for the reasons outlined: case fatality rate might be high but it's not that high, recognition is becoming easier (after a fashion).

"HCID" is maybe an unhelpful term, but nevermind.

What are the consequences of reclassification supposed to be? (It'll have no impact on legal cases relating PPE, as far as I can tell.)