I’m getting really totally fed up with the rubric that
Doing A will save X lives
Just this morning the Daily Telegraph has given us
Minimum alcohol pricing would save lives, says Tory MP
FFS, once and for all … NO IT WILL NOT!
Let’s get this one straight — for better or worse, none of us is immortal, hence lives cannot be saved.
What you mean is: Doing A may postpone X deaths. Which is rather different, innit.