An Authorised Grim Reaper

In 2017 cigarettes killed 77,800 people in the UK

An Unauthorised Grim Reaper

In 2020 Covid 19 is expected to kill 20,000 people in the UK

Comment: Wrecking the economy to protect lives in the C-19 pandemic is entirely laudable but a vaccine will eliminate its lethal potential by 2022. Cigarettes meanwhile will continue killing about 77,000 people annually for the foreseeable future.