13 May 2020

It's like banning automobiles...

...to deal with drunk drivers...insert alt text here
It has become clear that a hard lockdown does not protect old and frail people living in care homes—a population the lockdown was designed to protect. Neither does it decrease mortality from COVID-19, which is evident when comparing the UK's experience with that of other European countries.

Measures to flatten the curve might have an effect, but a lockdown only pushes the severe cases into the future • it will not prevent them.