What gets me with this crises is that seemingly intelligent people actually think...actually think that an airborne virus's spread can be controlled by national policy.

For me it's incredulous.....you would need a highly socially cohesive society, something that this country hasn't been for many decades now. You'd need a society that essentially acted like ants....and even then it probably couldn't be done without significantly low people density and without massive economic impact.

All that has happened is that the virus did what it was going to do anyway and the hubris of people who should know better threw away a generation's wealth.

But hey, pointlessly finger point at others, but it won't make a blind bit of difference.

Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Dec 2021 5.17pm)

Look at the statistics that I posted earlier.

This didn't happen.

Your opinions just seem to be feed to you. It's like the money point I made the other day....You actually attacked something so obvious.

Here you go:

''Video footage shows what onlookers have described as 'extreme hostility' towards police from today's protesters, who can be seen swearing and chanting 'shame on you' at officers.''

The amusing thing is that almost inevitably this protest will prove to have been a super-spreader event, making a lock-down even more likely.

I can’t find any statistics you posted earlier.

All data shows that lockdowns massively slowed the spread with each wave. I honestly struggle with how you interpret data.

Edited by DanH (18 Dec 2021 5.43pm)

I honestly struggle how you’ve just posted that and come to the conclusion that you have done.

It’s mathematically illiterate to put it mildly.

You just say stuff that doesn't relate to the actual statistics.

Where is the evidence that lockdowns 'massively' did anything other than cost the next generation? The two peaks and declines are remarkably similar in speed and now that most are vaccinated hospitalizations are obviously going to reduce that third peak, which would have been lower regardless due to increased immunity.

The lockdown aspect isn't even that significant as the fear campaigns effectively had similar economic impacts in countries that didn't lock down to our extent.

You have just been a part of the hubris.

The original approach was the right one.

Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Dec 2021 6.11pm)