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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Jfman, if you think the answer to all this is lockdowns, you are on your own. The lockdowns were an extreme response to an extreme danger, but we have the vaccines now, which have made the need for more damaging lockdowns unnecessary. You seem to think that extending the emergency measures by a few weeks won’t matter, when you must have read the news items showing that many businesses will finally collapse if that happens.
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A delay in easing restrictions does not equate to lockdown.
I’m not really willing to accept there’s a plethora of businesses who have sustained restrictions from March 2020 to date - including actual lockdown that are on breaking point over the next few weeks.
These are classic Old Boy straw men.
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Look at the graphs, which clearly show that under 40s were largely unaffected by the virus, with only small numbers being admitted into hospital. Given that the vast majority of under 40s are now vaccinated, why are you so concerned?
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Doesn’t sound like the figures clearly say anything. Was that a small number of
hospitalisations or
deaths I know you’ve been confused over this matter before.
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Now we are inviting over 20s to be vaccinated. Your obsession with lockdowns is clearly overkill, but you just don’t see it, do you?
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Straw man once more. Current restrictions aren’t lockdown.
There’s also a ton of data one dose of the vaccine isn’t sufficient against the latest strain.
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As far as the number of asymptomatic cases is concerned, I think we are underestimating, however, I would point you to the article from The Independent:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/h...-b1828361.html
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More than half of people with a strong Covid infection did not report any of the major symptoms, new figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
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One report versus all the previous data around it. I remain sceptical, in particular using the phrase “strong covid infection”. Either the majority of cases are asymptomatic or aren’t.
Old Boy you claim to not want lockdowns yet insist upon car crash approaches from March 2020 to date. So forgive me for not believing you have the best interests of the nations health at heart.