Iāve consistently criticized the US response. Here, let me do it again for you, the US response has been a shitshow, for the same reasons seen in Europe.
There is absolutely no reason why a proper test and trace system could not be set up, other than incompetence.
The question you asked is the same question that was asked in March, if we donāt lockdown now, things will be out of control in weeks. Yet here we are. Because of clowns who believe western style lockdowns work, even through they have been shown repeatedly not to work. The definition of insanity, etc.
I honestly think theyāll wait until Monday before releasing as people arenāt back from whatever travels they undertook for Christmas etc and they want to avoid panic, thatās just my opinion
Would putting in a huge number like that avoid panic or add to it? Iād imagine we also have to declare our numbers within a given timeframe to be eligible for that EU travel system (assuming that hasnāt been shelved).
I donāt know and neither do you. I suspect it will make no difference as there are enough people who will ignore the lockdown, the virus will still spread among people who think a rag protects them, and there is absolutely no way to enforce the lockdown. Lockdown fatigue is a real issue, weāve had very little lifting of restrictions here but cases are completely out of control. Because enough people donāt give a shit. Whatever willingness to follow government restrictions was there is long gone.
