Spartacus Wed 06-May-20 13:07:31
Of course it is. It's murder.
I wish people wouldn't say things like this. It;'s so misleading.
Lockdown cannot kill the virus. It was never intended to. The virus will keep infecting people, just like flu and the common cold, as there is no cure for it. Lockdown's function was to ease pressure on the NHS.
It's abundantly clear that people who are very likely to recover easily from the virus are suffering severely in lockdown - losing jobs, businesses, eating into savings, having other medical needs ignored, putting untold stress on family relationships. And the economy is tanking.
There has to be a balance and at some point that will necessitate us becoming an integrated society again. We can't lock down until there's a tested vaccine. That point could be years away. Meanwhile, people will starve. Entire industries will die. That could lead to riots and looting and physical attacks.
What we need is a proper plan for how society can work. Everyone wearing masks, hand sanitiser everywhere, social distancing in shops, cafes, restaurants, on public transport etc.
It's better to do this in the summer when people have access to open spaces, are willing to walk longer distances instead of take trains etc, and have higher Vit D levels (known to help ward off severe attacks) than wait until winter when we are all fighting off colds and flu and have depleted Vit D.