CV and mad panic behaviour

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Attempting to put the breaks on an infectious disease spreading makes a lot of sense.  The way I see this at the moment, is that we have a bit of a seasaw going on.  The lockdowns are fine, but we cant stay in them forever and hide from the virus.  Once we get things down to a level where our health systems can cope with minute rises in infection and obtain the best outcomes possible for all those being treated without coming under undue strain, and still being able to deal with the regular flow of patients, we need to find a way to achieve a semblance of normality without all the lock downs IMHO. 

Its just not sustainable economically or socially.  Look at the impact its having on food supplies with a shortage of rice come christmas.  Thats not alarming in itself, but a lot of the systems that produce the things that keep our society going are able to be put on hold temporarily, but not indefinately.  To a degree that means "re-imagining" things to prevent the infection risks in these industries to enable a new normal to be found.

Absolutely agree [member=105]Thryleon[/member]‍

The problem I have, and why I rally against the rubbish being spread about COVID, cures and conspiracies, is that those acts are what will make the situation unmanageable.

There is some irony in having cranks claim the lockdown doesn't work, lockdown does more damage and claiming political or bureaucratic mismanagement, when it is the cranks that are the primary source of disquiet, disruption and damage. Sure there may be things that could have been done better, in every endeavour that is true which is why studying history is so valuable, but decisions can't be truly definitive because the cranks make for a shifting landscape more than the virus, they actively work against the control and cure!

There are many parallels for HCQ, political and social conspiracies in the Spanish Flu pandemic, snake oils and distractions sold by both cranks and officials, all offering learning that is currently ignored by many for the sake of short term social or political gain.

If we all went along quietly and complied to the lockdown, it would have been over weeks and weeks ago as they would have quickly regained control! It is the Karens and Coreys that are the cause of the sustained lockdown, they are not the cure for it!