Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You are the one constantly wanting lockdowns.

Lockdowns do not kill off the virus, they merely delay transmission of it. Immunisation kills off the virus, not lockdowns.

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Thank you for taking the trouble to find this, Hugh.

Those quotes are explainable, though. Notice that Gupta claimed that IF there was already herd immunity in the population, the virus was on its way out.

She said that 'most part of Maharashtra must have developed herd immunity by now… But there must be other areas where immunity has not progressed that much.'

The urging of a doctor (not sure which one that was) not to panic but to be cautious was surely good advice, but of course we later found that a new strain was much more infectious. This caught many scientists off guard.

I do understand why people are worried about this horrible virus, but I don't think those people who are still urging us to wear masks and to social distance are taking proper account of the success of the vaccination programme. This virus is clearly not going away, but you cannot expect the population to endure these restrictions forever. That's just control freakery.