CV and mad panic behaviour

[PaulP]

Notwithstanding the fact that the article is 4 weeks old (which makes a difference in a fast changing situation like this), it seems a rather odd position to be taking, for someone so learned. He doesn't propose any alternatives to the supposedly "draconian" measures currently in force (which are not all that draconian in my view, just some temporary and precautionary common sense). He simply repeats what we already know - i.e the testing is inadequate, we don't really know what the future holds, there could be some negative mental health outcomes because of the current measures etc. The world has been caught on the hop because we ignored the warnings of infectious disease experts, going back several years, that a pandemic like this was a certainty, and simply a case of when, not if. As a consequence, we were hopelessly unprepared, and hopelessly under resourced.