We are Governed by imbeciles.
It does not take a PHD in Science or statistical Maths to work out that the way to limit this crisis is to have phased Total Lockdowns periodically.
No it takes a hell of a lot more than that which is why most countries in the world are struggling to cope.
The countries that have faired the best are the ones where the population respect the government and do as they have been told rather than flouting the rules.
The government cannot stop the course of the virus that depends on the actions of the general population.
Kids half term was a golden opportunity to add on a couple of more weeks.
Hopefully this four week period will be supported and the authorities come down hard on those that flout the rules.
If all goes well the rules at Christmas can be relaxed for a week or two and when the cases rise in the New Year (as they will) then another lockdown can be planned for.
Or better still extend the lockdown over Christmas (it is after all only another day of the week and not the day of Christ's birth).
That way the 'R' rate will be on a definable downward track
Surely these cyclic lockdowns are the way forward until an effective vaccine is produced and our fellow citizens are inoculated.
No, short breaks are not the way forward but in reality an emergency brake. They do a huge amount of damage to business and the economy for little gain and only delay the rise in infection. It takes longer term hard lockdowns to have any real effect.
Just think, if a shop is forced to closed for two weeks, it cannot take delivery of goods ordered, that delivery has to be stored somewhere taking up space and costing extra money, that has a knock on effect on other goods being prevented on being delivered to the warehouse, etc. When the shops open again they don't have the goods to sell as they are not in stock and the delivery is delayed because of the backlog of goods to be delivered and the limits on driving time.
Mind you a Facebook friend of my Wife suffered an acute Asthma Attack and she was taken into her local A&E against her will only by the Ambulance service only to be placed in a four bay holding area where the other three were snorting and coughing, there were no effective screens between them and none were given facemasks to wear. She videoed her experiences and is now terrified she could have been infected.
You say she went to hospital against her will, do you mean she was kidnapped by the ambulance crew, she could have refused, as my mother-in-law used to do. She must have consented, unless unconscious or other wise unable to speak.
The crowded hospitals is the basic reason why the lockdown was reluctantly announced, if people had observed the rules, instead of flaunting them, by things like gathering outside pubs when they closed early (to give just one example, though I am not just referring to covid rules) the hospitals would not be so busy.
It is time the population take responsibility for their own actions, it is not the government who is spreading the virus but potentially each and every one of us.
Cheers
Guy
