Yes they couldnt have done all thier Tik Tok dancing videos without the lockdowns. *Rolls eyes*

That's the point, isn't it? There is no evidence for something that didn't happen, which is why it's so easy to point at things that did and make assumptions.

We know all the things that you list. What we don't know is whether things would have been better, or worse, not doing them.

If the initial consensus of the experts was that locking down was the safest route, then that was the right decision. Experts almost certainly get more things right than non-experts.

Once again WE I will remind you that there are direct comparisons from the US between states which took very different strategies but you choose to consistently ignore this as it does not support your continued lockdown zealotry.

More open minded and less blinkered people might reflect on the growing evidence emerging that perhaps shutting down society for nigh on 2 years was a terrible mistake.

US states are themselves different. What works in Florida won't necessarily be replicated elsewhere.

More importantly, though we are very different to the USA, both in demographics and climate. You simply cannot draw any conclusions based on such false comparisons.

I think he was just stupid rather than believing he is immune. When I see people quoting some of the things he said at the time and claiming because they weren't seen, they were wrong I get appalled at the way they reach conclusions.

They were never predictions. They were a range of possible scenarios based on detailed modelling using the data available at the time, which was limited.

There will always be a worst-case scenario and governments must prepare for a worst-case scenario, without expecting it will actually happen. That's why we got the Nightingale hospitals and why the public were alerted to the potential threat