The anti lockdown message depends on this bullshit. But at its heart it ignores the reality that the virus exists. How do we free ourselves from it just by playing cricket, getting a haircut or shopping? Being a consumer is the answer, apparently. All these things help spread the virus we are trying to suppress if not eradicate. But in lieu of a proper approach, tracking testing and isolating, we are throwing open the pub on a hot Summer Saturday and expecting people to abide by contradictory rules.
Everyone feels the boot heel of capitalism, even if they cannot articulate it nor are willing to accept the reality for fear of being a 'lefty' or something. We are where we are precisely because of the politics of the right. Johnson isn't simply an idiot who's made stupid decisions. To think that ignores the vast machinery behind him as well as the entirety of the civil service, the scientific and expert community, and everyone else at the command of the Grey Eminence himself.
We are where we are because Johnson is a lazy liar who cannot countenance the necessary socially responsible long term planning that even other countries have shown. He is never going to show it. Neither is Matt Hancock. None of these people are ever going to morph into human beings.
As with so many things from the dissembling government, the sop they throw to open things up serves as a distraction. Look, beer! Drink! Don't consider how we've fucked everything up. That's not all it is, obviously, it just aligns nicely with their desperate need to have any semblance of a functioning economy. This is the only metric they understand, which is why they cannot grasp the damage a virus does to an open economy - that's how we ended up here. We had an open economy into which the proliferated. Not. Rocket. Science.
The question is this: what has changed between March, when this kicked off and we, belatedly, locked down, to now/July? What conditions make it safer now when we have more cases than we did back then? Yes things appear to be trending positively, but that is because we have suppressed social interaction. It thus stands to reason reversing that could likely have profound consequences, and it's clear the scientists agree. They are all but saying this - and of course in public professional discourse their contributions must be muted.
Here's Bournmouth beach today. People led into a mass gathering believing that it's a price worth paying for a nice trip to the seaside. We know who is to blame
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