Is this a spreadsheet government that knows the price of everything but the value of nothing? – Owl

A Correspondent writes:

It seems that the UK Government has learned nothing from previous Covid fiascos, and are setting the UK up for another bad bout of the pandemic illness.

See: England to deny Covid and Flu jabs to under 65s amid fears for NHS this winter 

Although this appears at face value to be an acceptance of a recommendation from an independent body (the JCVI) allowing them an excuse, I would imagine that the Terms of Reference for the JCVI include some sort of value-for-money objective or a do-only-what-is necessary to avoid the NHS being overwhelmed guideline, thus giving the Government an excuse to save money rather than safeguard lives. Just because the most vulnerable and at-risk people get the COVID/Flue jab, does NOT mean that people who don’t get the jab but then develop the disease are not at risk of dying or having serious consequences to their health. And given the low cost of a vaccination jab vs. the high cost of COVID treatment when someone gets seriously ill and is hospitalised, and the significant economic  consequences when significant numbers are off work with Covid – I am surprised that there is not a decent business case to offer the vaccination to a wider group.