Thereâs actually a #kidcovid to go along with #longcovid
Speculative is not a fair word to use. When an intervention is made to prevent something you canât count how many it has prevented because they have been prevented. The level of community transmission at the time was so high that large case numbers were seen for some time after yet well down on the 8,000 odd seem at the start of this.
And yes the comparison of South Africa is of little relevance. It was summer down there at the time for fuck sake.
No equivalent of current level 5 lockdowns that we have had from January to April this year,
1st November 2021 to 31st January 2022 is the period
Agreed?
1 Like
But how do you know they were prevented? It is speculative. Lockdowns couldnât prevent 160k further cases and 2.6k further deaths whatever way you look at it. If it was brought in to prevent mass cases and spread then it failed. Youâre speculating that it worked but there is no evidence that it would have been notably worse without lockdowns.
Thatâs why South Africa is a good example, no lockdown when it began to hit a rise or peak, it gradually fizzled itself out. Look all across Europe, in lockdown from most of the past 4 months - where is a good example of Lockdowns actually working.
How many countries in the West have effectively dealt with Covid? Probably the only ones who sealed their borders very early on it. I donât disagree with the likes of MHQ - I just think itâs utterly futile now when it should have been done 12 months ago or more.
3 Likes
Thatâs the job, easiest money i ever made 
4 Likes
I didnât gather from his post that he means 100% of all people, no.
Iâll be happy to give you the 500 euro if youâre right.
Trust me. 
2 Likes
You can hedge your bet by buying a bit of Pfizer stock. Up over 2% today after announcing they think another dose needed in the fall.
Serious bidnis on this thread today.
1 Like
Bizarroworld.
Czech Republic sealed their border straight off and are fucked at the moment.
1 Like
And did they keep it sealed since?
I donât think so. But you mentioned from the start.
Yeah and look at how well the Czech Republic handled the first wave?
17k cases by August and 420 deaths.
When the borders were sealed everything was good.
As of now they have 28.5k deaths and 1.5m cases!!!
They have had lockdowns in both waves btw. Suppression was effective when the virus wasnât in, it was ineffective when the virus was allowed in. Lockdowns didnât really impact it whatsoever.
1 Like
Did the same happen in places without lockdowns? That would suggest to me that the lockdowns werenât the cause or solution.
Question my sanity away though.
Sure just destroy me by giving the âfactsâ and âlogicâ, so.
Samantha Fox could have made a lot more money if she had just strapped you to her chest.
2 Likes
Have a feeling I would win that contest even more emphatically.
Go out and get some air ffs.
The Czech Republic said in March 2020 they might need to keep their borders closed for two years. They opened them on May 18th, 2020.
420/11
1 Like