The UK strategy, as devised by eugenicist Dominic Cummings, advised by various scientists and adopted by the Conservative government is to let c. 60% of the population catch CV-19 so as to acieve herd immunity, whilsr 1% of us, mainly slightly sick and old people who are a burden on the welfare state die.The purpose of the lockdown is to avoid this happening too quickly in which circumstances healthy people die and health workers get the hump.There is no strategy, not even a belief in the possibility, of using testing, tracing and quarantining to suppress the disease. The UK remains open to anyone who can get a flight here, no test at the airport, not even a fever scan. If your employer wants to stay open, bugger the social distance, he/she is allowed. Masks might work; but there are barely enough for health workers, so we are advised not to use them (yet health wrkers DO need them - explain THAT to me).Some countries, Singapore, Korea, China, New Zealand as examples, seem to be able to manage this crisis without killing their citizens. What did I miss? Did we have a referendum on this? Or is state-sanctioned letting people die something we do without popular consent?Never mind; if it enables Weatherspoons and Sports Direct to be reopened more quickly - what the hell eh?
Michael Winstanley ● 2249d