https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...n-prevented-1700-deaths-landmark-study-finds/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdown-study-b2351604.html
We were in a very small minority on here being against locking down. We are being vindicated abit now.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...se-after-owners-demand-full-rent-for-lockdown I remember being a lockdown sceptic, not a COVID or vaccine sceptic, just not keen on the lockdowns, took some stick for it. I guess the question to answer is - if there was a similar situation again, given what we know, would the government of the day use lockdowns again?
Of course, you will note that the paper was written by economists (Steve Hanke and Lars Jonung) and they discounted over 19,000 papers to select 22 to base their paper on,.
To me that just looks like extremely selective journalism, presented in a way to support the writers opinion. For a start if it saved your life how would anybody know? So how the hell do you come up with a meaningful figure?
I'm still bitter about this so please forgive me for this rant. When we were locked down I was classed as a key worker therefore while most of the country was told to stay at home I, workwise had to carry on as normal. I couldn't see my family without restrictions other than my wife yet I could mix with people at work freely (at the beginning of lockdown) my mental health hit rock bottom the closest I've come to.. well I'll leave that there. I despise this government for what they put me and 1000s of others through and I hope they get what they deserve. By the way my job as a "key worker "? I work in a bakery.
Bread is important. Thankful to everyone who helped to keep the wheels turning during the scary months of COVID.
If the current Public Enquiry agrees with this then I will apologise unreservedly for going along with the prevailing scientific view in 2020 about lockdowns and bare my arse on the townhall steps.
Do we know it's bread? Cakes were contiuned to be baked, chocolate continued to be made. Covid wasn't scary to me, the restrictions were.
I remember those early months well. Mixing with a couple of hundred people at work with no safety measures at all. Regularly getting stopped by the police to ask where I was going. Somehow me made it through though and with over 4000 employees across out sites we had zero covid deaths. I understand how you feel, my wife suffered a mental health breakdown in Covid she still hasn't recovered fully from and I don't think she ever 100% will. My youngest son lost several months of school with zero provision available for him to learn at home. The Impact is far reaching and long lasting.
The double standards were amazing weren't they? You can't go to a cafe because it's not safe but happy to let a load of people work in a factory to make cake and send it down a supply chain so that people who work from home can have some cake. Don't get me wrong I was happy to keep going to work as it did mean my job was secure and I got to see other people. I do remember my neighbour at the time who worked in construction laughing that he got to sit in the garden and drink all day. He also found time to learn a new dance. The Redundance.
What disgusted me the most was selfish greedy people filling their trolleys, and emptying the supermarket shelves of items that were in demand.
A misleading, ad hominem attack. The methodology behind the studies selected is made clear in the paper, as i'm sure you well know. Play the ball not the man please.
What disgusted me was the amount of missed Cancer diagnosis during Lockdowns. This cost me a friend of 15 years. I wasn't too worried about loo roll.