>> Perhaps your piece was written to start a discussion, but my perception is different.
I wrote it because that's what I think. Same reason i write anything.
>>Having fewer dead people while our knowledge grows seems like a good thing.
Lockdown seems like a bad thing.
The *only* way of stopping people dying from it, assuming that they are at risk of doing so, is a vaccine.
I do not wish to be locked down until we have one available and distributed. And *I AM* one of the vulnerable ones.
>> If a vaccine or effective treatment is found, it's by no means certain that we
>> will all get it and/or be subjected to the present course of the disease.
No vaccine = lockdown or exposure. Unless you;re aware of a third alternative?
>>Does your 'run its course' premise apply to South Korea for example?
Yes. There is shielding or there is exposure. In any case, that is f.all to do with the performance of Johnson and his Government..
>> We are a long way from herd immunity if official estimates that around 5% nationally
>> (10% in London) have so far been infected are correct. That supposes that immunity is
>> generally conferred which remains one of the unknowns.
All irrelevant to anything I wrote.
>> but as far as blame goes what is clear is that the government's priority is to manage
>> appearances.
And the other politicians and media to destroy that appearance and the population to believe what they choose.
Not very relevant to the handling of the virus though, is it?
>>The most visible fake news is the testing numbers. Test and trace remains a sham.
I don't think that is true, but say it is, so what? Exposure or lockdown; that remains the choice. And the value of lockdown is to keep the level below capacity.
Unless you are going to lockdown until there is a vaccine, and there may never be. And I will not accept that lockdown. Neither will many other people.
>> Much as I enjoy watching the Tax Avoiders' Support Party self-immolate, it's a shame that
>> Cummings' antics and Johnson's support for him have deflected so much attention from the
>> facts behind their propaganda.
They didn't for me. I think in that paragraph you show that you want to believe that the current Government is wrong. Since none of us *know* then belief and wish to believe will always be the strongest drivers.
>> but I don't want to spend my last few years like that.
>> I'm fairly resigned to catching it
>> It's pointless staying alive for the grandchildren if we never see them anyway.
You mean let it take its course?
Does anybody think this virus will go away?
Does anybody think we will get a vaccine before next spring?
Do you think the country should do more lockdown that is necessary than try to keep things within capacity?
You want to isolate? Do so. Nobody is stopping you or anyone else from doing so., The Government is just not telling you to do so.
And in your post, other than the comment about testing, I didn't really read anything showing what the Government had done wrong.
I'm a grown up, I take responsibility for avoiding dangers depending on my opinion of my risk. I would not leave my house just because the Government hadn't told me to stay at home.
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