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Originally Posted by pip08456
It has still yet to be proven that lockdowns actually work, they may in the short term to reduce pressure on hospitals but do they work overall?
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As Society is responsible for everything it does for and on behalf of itself why should any Government need to legislate what that society does?
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The experience from the Spanish Flu says yes, lockdowns work -
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/h...ic-coronavirus (more formal study here -
https://www.pnas.org/content/104/18/7582 )
On your second comment, it falls down when public health is involved unless society provides its' own healthcare service. It's governments role to keep us safe. It's why we have the police, army,
etc. If suggesting and asking nicely to act safely doesn't work, then governments legislate. It's why we have speed limits. As I have said before, we in the UK are 'soft' when it comes to healthcare as we know that the NHS will always be there if we mess up. If that safety net weren't present, people would be a lot more careful!
Libertariansim like communism is a nice idea on paper but doesn't work in the real world.