Clubs still allowing sailing

As I understand it, there is already a formula that values, in Pounds-shillings-and-pence, human life (and quality thereof), used by NICE to decide on the availability of drugs and treatment on the NHS. It's a vaguely hidden part of the inevitable rationing a free-at-the-point-of-supply system requires, no matter how much money is thrown at it. To save googling, they reckon a 'quality adjusted life year" (QALY) is worth £20,000-£30,000.

Going to war is slightly different, in that it's it's all very well modelling the military campaign (isn't it rule 1 that military campaign plans always fly out of the window on first contact with the enemy? Pretty much what happened on 23rd March) but recent history has surely taught us it's more important to model what comes afterwards. Then put plans in place accordingly. 

The civil-service's modelling on any of this stuff has been appalling in recent times though, whether its wars in the middle east, the treasury's apocalyptic economic predictions if the populace dared vote for Brexit or Neal Ferguson's 3-strikes-and-time-he-left-the-crease on Foot and Mouth, BSE and now this. I'll gloss over hopeless wind-guru et al weather forecasting never mind the whole climate-change thing.

We also are suffering from what-doesn't-get-measured-doesn't-get-done (Lord help me, but I'm agreeing here with what GRF is saying). These aren't unforeseen consequences, they are ignored-consequences - the result will be, inevitably, they will bite us in the arse at some point.

Also, absolute numbers taken in isolation are useless indicators; context is essential but the media clearly prefer the sensationalism and/or think we won't do as we are bid if they gave a balanced view. Is it just me thinks the news is simply propaganda and manipulation at the moment?