@Hopoindown31
This country has already shown that it is full of plenty of idiots who enjoying self-sabotage. I can't really bring myself to have anything other than resigned frustration at people who revel in their own ignorance and value it above the expertise of others.
There are quite a number of experts who do not agree with the regulations. I listened to three of them discussing the stats last night and it was quite interesting. The night before I watched an interesting programme on iPlayer about the Spanish Flu which was clearly pro-regulations. It's always good to get a balanced view. I sit somewhere in the middle. But I am uncomfortable about people (as you have just done) talk about the experts in agreement with the measures being the 'only' experts and anybody who questions this being 'idiots'. I am uncomfortable with people who previously had impeccable credentials being sneered at by the mainstream media and dismissed. I am uncomfortable that three extremely respected consultants in NI wrote an open letter which was in the media one day being interviewed and then practically impossible to find the next. I am uncomfortable that they said that many medics felt the same way, but were afraid to speak out because they feared for their jobs. The Great Barrington Declaration was signed by thousands of experts who did not agree with the government, or SAGE. Indeed, I am starting to feel that most people who I know who are very well educated and have a scientific background fall into the mildly skeptical group. Anyway, at the bottom is the You Tube link to the interview. As I said, I think it is important not to fear looking at all sides. I think it's important to always question what you are being asked to adhere to in life, and what the implications are.
These are the participants:
Clare Craig, Consultant Pathologist. Craig was the Director of Government Office for Science and later Chief Science Policy Officer at the Royal Society. Craig was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours in recognition of her role in the development of Foresight, the UK government’s scientific-based strategic futures program. On 10 October 2018 it was announced that she had been pre-elected to serve as the next Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford from 2 August 2019; she is the first woman to hold the post.
Dr Jonathan Engler MBChB. He qualified in Medicine at Aberdeen University; after several years practising medicine he moved into a clinical research position at Boots Pharmaceuticals. Long career in providing software services to the clinical trial process.
Marie Oldfield, Chartered Scientist and chartered Statistician with the Royal Statistical Society, sits on the Professional Affairs Committee for the Royal Statistical Society and the executive board of the Institute of Science and Technology.