Justin Smith
Member
This graph is very significant :
Remember, Sweden has had no significant lockdown (BBC News link).
It certainly make me even more sure we (and most of the world) have gone down the wrong path...... I have always thought this lockdown and social distancing (they're two sides of the same coin really) was the wrong course to take, I wanted support and isolation for vulnerable groups and everyone else carry on as normal. That was primarily because I was concerned at the effect on society and the economy but in actual fact, as more and more evidence comes to light, I am unconvinced the lockdown has had any significant effect on the death rate, certainly if additional deaths caused by the very same lockdown (e.g. cancer patients whose diagnosis and treatment has been devastated by the lockdown strategy) are factored in.
The UK equivalent of the above graph (not much better really, and at a HUGE cost.....) :
Remember, Sweden has had no significant lockdown (BBC News link).
It certainly make me even more sure we (and most of the world) have gone down the wrong path...... I have always thought this lockdown and social distancing (they're two sides of the same coin really) was the wrong course to take, I wanted support and isolation for vulnerable groups and everyone else carry on as normal. That was primarily because I was concerned at the effect on society and the economy but in actual fact, as more and more evidence comes to light, I am unconvinced the lockdown has had any significant effect on the death rate, certainly if additional deaths caused by the very same lockdown (e.g. cancer patients whose diagnosis and treatment has been devastated by the lockdown strategy) are factored in.
The UK equivalent of the above graph (not much better really, and at a HUGE cost.....) :