Yes. But the data showed that from the start. Sorry but it's infuriating to have been called names for having said "please look at the data" in March 2020 and now have all this "oh, hang on, we've been lied to". Yes. And those of us who tried to say that, looking at ONS and NHS data were labelled anti vaxxers and all sorts of nonsense.
If you didn't know you were being lied to, that's on you. Many people tried to warn you. Many people went on marches. Many people are still now trying to support care workers who have been sacked and NHS workers who might be sacked.Sorry but it's just so INFURIATING to hear all this "ermagerd, they lied, I am shocked".
Threads were pulled, discussion around informative articles was banned. Everyone was warned umpteen bloody times. There is no excuse to say "I didn't know" unless you lapped up a diet of press releases.
Like a pp, I cannot talk about what lockdown did to me. But I can and I will blame those who are to blame. Not just governments, but people who not only swallowed the lies but demonised those of us who didn't believe it was as bad as they said. And masked their kids.
Every bit of what @EmmaH2022 said. I've been called all sorts on this bloody site for saying wait.. look, if the government aren't afraid, why are you? The minute you start to question things (which for me happened about a week into March 2020 lockdown, you also realise what a massive part the media played in helping the government terrify the country, and how contrived the information you're being given is. And the majority have lapped it up like it's the gospel.
And for that, for saying wait.. something isn't adding up here.. you're called a covid denier (nope, had it), a conspiracy theorist (for questioning things, really??), an anti-vaxxer (not in any way shape or form). Conversations shut down, shouted down, deleted, silenced.
And then when everyone realises how much they've been lied to and manipulated, they're surprised! Really? The facts were right in front of you all the time, so if you're surprised to realise how much you've been duped, then as it says above...That's on you.
I lost my grandad and dad to complications of cold/flu virus. They were both what would now be classed as CV. And yet their employers never fucking furloughed them during flu season to protect them, no one insisted people wore masks or isolated when they had cold/flu. And it's only 5 years since we lost my dad, and he wasn't elderly, he had COPD and a fucking COLD finished him off.
And you can fuck off with your 'but it's not flu..' It's a CORONAVIRUS ffs, these things have been around forever. It shares more characteristics with flu than anything else. It's a highly contagious respiratory illness, airborne, and Spain has recently called for it to be treat like flu so that's where it's clearly heading.
Where was the outrage for people dying of flu up until covid? Where was the protection for CV adults and children up until covid? Why did we not lockdown every flu season to protect the vulnerable and stop the NHS from being overwhelmed? Did you even stop to think how the NHS coped every flu season? Did you fuck. I've said it many, many times on this site and I'll say it again. YOU ONLY CARE NOW BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN TOLD TO.