Can you please point me in the direction of one post where I have denied that lockdown didn’t have a wider effect on the NHS? Or even one where I’ve suggested that lockdown is the most appropriate policy response to the pandemic?
I’ll save you the trouble of looking, because you won’t find one.
I’ve said right from the start that lockdown only became necessary because the government acted far too slowly and allowed things to spiral out of control at the start. I’ve always stated that the most appropriate policy response is a comprehensive test, trace and isolate system (which we still haven’t got).
What I have done, however, is challenge your numerous postings which suggested that Covid wasn’t really that big an issue, that people weren’t really dying from it, that it was only having a similar effect to a bad flu year, that much of the population have a natural immunity to it, that the excess deaths weren’t caused by Covid, that the fact that we’re now having a few hundred fewer deaths than average means it’s gone away, etc, etc, etc.
In recent postings I’ve noticed that you’ve changed your tone slightly, and are prepared to admit that it’s real and has had an impact, so maybe you’re finally coming round to my way of thinking...
