No doubt there were some terrible outcomes for individuals during the worst of pandemic and lockdowns
Loss of income, isolation, mental health, not being able to be with loved ones when they passed.
I guess the problem with looking at statistics in regard to a set of actions in hindsight is this...
We know the illness and mortality rates with the action taken.
We'll never know the illness and mortality rates if those actions weren't taken.
Re closing schools...while the younger populations weren't prone to serious illness and death they still got infected and could possibly have passed the virus on to others-parents, grandparents etc. so it was another strategy to curb the spread.
The best we can hope for is that there will be some really thorough evaluation of the strategies used and we'll be much better prepared next time.
This was an unprecedented event in just about everyone's life-time.
That mistakes were made, or there was a level of unpreparedness is a no-brainer.
My daughter is a nurse in aged care...
My wife's best friend's mother died in one of the homes in the early days of the pandemic
While I can undertand some class actions on behalf of the families of residents who died (they're looking to find someone accountable for the unexplainable) the aged care sector was overwhelmed by something no-one in positions of responsibility could possibly have anticipated.
Just a bit less serious to finish...
Has anyone else noticed that eggs taste a bit weird after having had covid?
I can't eat them anymore.
Loss of income, isolation, mental health, not being able to be with loved ones when they passed.
I guess the problem with looking at statistics in regard to a set of actions in hindsight is this...
We know the illness and mortality rates with the action taken.
We'll never know the illness and mortality rates if those actions weren't taken.
Re closing schools...while the younger populations weren't prone to serious illness and death they still got infected and could possibly have passed the virus on to others-parents, grandparents etc. so it was another strategy to curb the spread.
The best we can hope for is that there will be some really thorough evaluation of the strategies used and we'll be much better prepared next time.
This was an unprecedented event in just about everyone's life-time.
That mistakes were made, or there was a level of unpreparedness is a no-brainer.
My daughter is a nurse in aged care...
My wife's best friend's mother died in one of the homes in the early days of the pandemic
While I can undertand some class actions on behalf of the families of residents who died (they're looking to find someone accountable for the unexplainable) the aged care sector was overwhelmed by something no-one in positions of responsibility could possibly have anticipated.
Just a bit less serious to finish...
Has anyone else noticed that eggs taste a bit weird after having had covid?
I can't eat them anymore.