[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

people arent really understanding the realities. The lockdown only reduces the pressure on the NHS, it reduces the rate that people are admitted to hospital. It doesn't stop people dying. We have no vaccine in sight, so people are going to continue to die for a while yet. We wont be locked down until an vaccine is produced.

All these people saying that such and such a country did it better than another is meaningless until we are at least 2 years down the line and can evaluate it properly

exactly people seem to be missing the point that the whole point of lockdown is so the NHS isn't overwhelmed and have to make decisions about who can have a ventilator and who doesn't like the Italian medics had to do, so that has not happened so it has to be said the lockdown was timed correctly, but when we do ever get back to normal, the virus will still be around but it will be at a time when seasonal flu is not so prevalent, so we make go back to semi normal from June to October then possibly lock down again to prevent another surge