
The scientists are panicking. And shouting.
Ferguson still in the picture, giving questionable advice.
Yet Boris & Co. pursue the same tired strategy. Don’t they know the old adage ?
When you’ve dug yourself into a hole, stop digging.
One can only guess as to their motivations.
The reality is that there is only one metric which matters.
Hospital admissions and the ability of the NHS to cope.
Wasn’t that what it was all about in March? Protect the NHS. Well, the NHS has shown in itself able to cope with CoVid, with near-empty CoVid wards and almost irrelevant levels of admissions.
And this is the graph which says it all.
But they prefer to pay more attention to this one.
N.B. : on the BBC, they tend to show them in the reverse order. Frighten them first. Rely on the fact that people won’t read to the end.
There are far more serious health issues facing the country.
There are far more serious economic issues facing the country.
There are far more serious social justice issues facing the country.
There are far more serious [insert your concern] facing the country.
Increasing the size of fines may scare those who would obey the law anyway.
It has no impact on the behaviour of those who don’t care anyway.
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