That is not what I have suggested at all. I have said this previously several times:
We lock down as we are doing - ideally we would have done it sooner and harder, since then the peak would have been lower and the duration shorter. But we are where we are.
And then once the infection rate is right down and the death rate near or at zero, then we gradually ease off restrictions and start to get back to normal. However, we start mass scale testing and immediately isolate anyone infected, trace their contacts and isolate them as well. And if the numbers start to pick up, we start imposing restrictions again.
This is the only viable strategy. It is all well and good you talking about "fantasy" but you offer no alternative. 40m get this; tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands die, and the NHS is obliterated. That is your alternative.
Moreover, what I am suggesting is the course shown to be effective in other countries. And for that matter, it's the course we are taking.
Singapore to suspend one of its Terminals for 18 months. Gives you an idea of how long they think this will impact us.
That is not what I have suggested at all. I have said this previously several times:
We lock down as we are doing - ideally we would have done it sooner and harder, since then the peak would have been lower and the duration shorter. But we are where we are.
And then once the infection rate is right down and the death rate near or at zero, then we gradually ease off restrictions and start to get back to normal. However, we start mass scale testing and immediately isolate anyone infected, trace their contacts and isolate them as well. And if the numbers start to pick up, we start imposing restrictions again.
This is the only viable strategy. It is all well and good you talking about "fantasy" but you offer no alternative. 40m get this; tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands die, and the NHS is obliterated. That is your alternative.
Moreover, what I am suggesting is the course shown to be effective in other countries. And for that matter, it's the course we are taking. Singapore are just starting to put restrictions in place again, now that their death toll has reach a dizzy 6 (total, not per day). vs our circa 5,000. They kept it at 6 with vigorous mass testing, isolation and contract tracing. And everyone wears a mask! When our lock down ends, this is PRECISELY what we must do.
That's bollocks. Their deaths per million population is 13th in the list behind most western european countries.that’ll be the Sweden that currently has the second highest number of deaths per capita in the world is it?
If it had been written with even a modicum of decent grammar I may have believed it, but I am going to say, bullshitInteresting article on the Wuhan virus laboratory.
https://israelunwired.com/ccp-covid-19-origin/
Did the outbreak actually start there? Looking at the CCPs attempts to hide information, I'd say there's a good chance.
Where we disagreed was where you started talking about a complete lockdown, much more severe than the current one and the efficacy of that vs. the current lockdown.
Am I being Clarkied here????Apparently it's a different strain so I think I am correct in saying that you can get as close as you like with no danger to you or others. It's best to stick to facts not scaremongering in these difficult times.
In the grand scheme, it’s probably quite helpful having a country do what Sweden are doing, as helps us see their success level.Sweden is one country where, if you're prepared to lose lives (I wouldn't), this way of doing things could work. Their population is less than 11 million in a huge country. Stockholm is less than 1 million. There'll be more people in London every day than in their entire country.