Is the vast cost of stopping COVID-19 deaths really worth it?

The global response to the coronavirus threat is coming at vast social and economic cost with hundreds of thousands of jobs lost and millions of lives turned up-side-down.

Here, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, a Scottish GP, sceptic and author, asks that basic question: How much should we spend to save a human life threatened by COVID-19?  

Note: this article was first published on 29 March