[jfman]

Originally Posted by Pierre

https://www.edgehealth.co.uk/post/ho...e-had-covid-19

Statistical analysis in January reveals that 12.4M people in the UK will have had COVID

and at that time we hit 100,000 deaths = 0.8%

of course you're free to provide your own facts.

Statistical analysis = estimates not facts.

We go into lockdown for one reason and one reason only, so as not to overwhelm the NHS.

If we had thousands of intensive care beds and unlimited nurses we wouldn't lockdown.

That’s a round about way of saying “to prevent death”.

ahh, but there's the point, They're using a small sample size for "action" not "discussion or Investigation"

Which is totally their prerogative of course, might be considered as a bit knee jerk though.

I fail to see how it’s “knee jerk” to ensure you are making effective use of an extremely limited resource based on actual scientific data which continues to emerge.

There would be no point in any country wasting hundreds of thousands of vaccines on parts of the population (or the entire population) if it didn’t work. If any vaccine is not going to work in South Africa I’d prefer to see it’s doses used in a country it will work (and retain border controls) rather than rushed out to be ineffective meanwhile elsewhere they have no vaccine.

I consume my media from a wide variety of sources.

Yet regardless of the evidence we should ease restrictions. Doesn’t seem like a diverse range of sources to me.