Mike4 wrote:I can't believe after all the discussion on here of this, there are still posters who don't understand the risk
... of gross incompetence - other island nations that closed their borders have seen massively small numbers of deaths. Or the massive cost of 67+ million person years of attempted population imprisonment and loss of human rights.
Many chose not to adhere to 'guidelines' - often out of absence of any actual choice. Dom, Johnson's mate, drove the length of the country and back down again during 'lockdown'. His father gallivanted off to Europe and back, along with millions of others permitted to fly and walk into the UK unchecked/recorded. Selective helicopter money - where one neighbour might be paid £2500/month whilst another received nowt. Or billions of contracts given to Tory mates, no doubt for some kind of backhand payment in return.
During the 1976 UK heat wave, scaled to the same population density there were more UK deaths than during 2020. Yes helped kept lower by the pretence of lockdown, where just some were paid to stay at home and not others, and roads were only marginally less congested and the actual containment/lockdown never really existed; But where for others the pretence of lockdown has been a remainder lifetime of imprisonment and despair/misery. Care homes for instance where for many in their last years of life has seen them banned from seeing/hugging their closest loved ones.
For many the 1976 was a lovely year, but the higher heat led to a present day population number equivalent of 800K total number of deaths (above 'average') from all causes that year. 2020 and the UK saw a above average 700K deaths from all causes. The actual percentage of population who die from Covid is very small, yet the entire population have had attempted enforcement of withdrawal of their human rights and freedoms - that has caused far far higher numbers of significant issues.
67 million population 80 year average lifetime and simple division suggests 840,000 deaths/year. 2020 700K deaths is above prior average of 600K deaths, but that is how averages are formed, around half will be above/below that average and where some are more exceptionally so.
We're all going to die, its how you live the remainder of that life that matters and for many, locked away from their family and friends for what little life they had remaining is frankly mass cruelty and abuse. Johnson had no regard for care homes, even exported Covid patients into them from the NHS and left care home staff totally without any protections (some were even making their own PP out of dustbin bags etc). A shameful disgrace who welcomed Covid in rather than employing standard close borders practices - perhaps simply so that it didn't impact his fathers ability to jet-set between mainland Europe and back. Blown massively out of proportion as the clown that he is he likes to put on a good show, and has used the opportunity to line his mates pockets such as Cameron and others whilst silencing those that protest by even now having banned peaceful demonstrations.
Think its near over? Perhaps not, perhaps only a quarter of the way through the first of four year as per the Spanish flu that had a similar first wave death toll, only to see 'herd immunity' resulting in mutation into a far far deadlier strain that subsequently killed 30% of those contracting it in a very unpleasant manner. Australia, another island nation, who closed their border were unscathed by that Spanish flu. In a over populated world, either a world war or enforced euthanasia of some kind is due. As ever some make financial fortunes out of such typically four year events. Wait and see, come July and ... whatever reason will be given to sustain imprisonment - most likely some form of 'new strain mutation' along with mandatory identity cards. The Chinese way, where you can only participate if your identity card indicates sufficient compliance and state approval.