This view completely misses that lockdown is caused by the high hospitalisation rate of Covid & pressure on health services. Which is also young people ill. And that the case fatality rate can jump to 10% if people, young or old, can’t get medical care like fluids or oxygen.
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And to be clear, I’m not pro-lockdown. I’m anti-death, anti-disability & anti-economic pain & unemployment.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/10/continual-local-lockdowns-answer-covid-control …
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I will continue to speak up for those in elderly & vulnerable groups and offer constructive suggestions moving forward. I will continue to try to take the burden off exhausted and stretched healthcare staff. This matters too much as to who we are as a community and as a society.
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Crucially, the more the virus circulates, the more likely it is that mutations and variants emerge, making it even harder to suppress. This could make our current vaccines ineffective, or lead to reinfections.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/23/covid-mutating-eliminate-virus-eradicate-variants …
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Thank you. That was a lot politer than my first effort. This reductive reasoning is a real threat to public confidence and health.
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How do you suffer these tweets? I'm over 60 and in my prime....
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I love being told don't count as a real person by blue checkmarks on twitter /s.
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I think you missed the nuance.
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