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It's an interesting read but... When my ex-wife, a nurse of 20 years and forced to step back into ICU to cope with the demand, talks of a level of suffering and death way beyond what she's ever seen, and is visibly strained and nervous about going to work, I tend to think it's something more than flu. His figures seem to suggest that Iceland has already had almost twice as many deaths within its population than his predicted infection mortality rate. (160% of the population of Iceland would have to have been infected) His closing arguments have a strong flavour of conspiracy theory, and sound a bit far fetched to me

Woohoo, my turn this week. Yessssss.

Really good blog post. https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2020/09/04/covid-why-terminology-really-matters/

Folk are fed up with it especially the older generation, that are basically isolated from their friends families and hobbies. What was warned of was going to be devastating, and emergency powers given to governments, employment laws changed and freedoms eradicated, what was predicted never came. 5 months later the emergency powers have become the norm, the employment rights won’t return and we have our freedoms curtailed, but for what? It was correct to react for the perceived threat, but it can be argued it never really transpired to the levels told by governments and the fear whipped up by the media. Now with draconian measures still in play we are being deliberately driven not into a recession but the greatest financial and economic depression known. The persons affected by this will be middle to lower class, small companies. Governments, multinational companies and the wealthy will emerge stronger and richer. Gaps in wealth and living conditions will massively increase. We are no longer locking down to flatten the curve or protect the health services, the curve is non existent, hospitals are emptier than a year ago. It (to me) has now become political. 3 areas in Glasgow have restrictions placed on them, that are frankly bizarre in the working (you can’t welcome your family to the house, but a plumber can come in, Your Mum can’t visit, but if you cut hair from home you can continue your business), and the selection of these areas, when East Renfrewshire has infected rate of 25.1 per 100000 and has restrictions (over the 20 threshold), but Perth &Kinross with 25.7 isn’t, and neither are the other 3 areas above 20 threshold. There is no rhyme nor reason or scientific data backing restrictions (Ciaran Jenkins from Channel 4 news directly called this out last night to the 1st Minister and was brushed off). When you compare Scotland’s death rate (per 100000) between week 49 (2019) and week 32(2020) from same timescale 20 years ago, it’s less now. The Irish Parliament has already been grilled on why COVID has been falsely put on death certificates, and struggled to answer. (It’s available to watch on line as it’s all filmed). UK has numerous examples of the same, and as stated previously I know if 2 occasions that it’s been challenged (and still is). There was a credible threat, but the conditions we are living in now does not reflect the current level of threat, and with a vaccine maybe a year away, what sort of environment will be living in then if this continues? Only my thoughts and some may agree and some may disagree, but pull the stats, run chart then and see for yourself.

You make a good point. No one has developed a vaccine or is close to realising one yet. Remember we were told by via the media a couple of months back that one would be ready by September? Well its September and nothing so far (unless you fancy giving the Russian vaccine a go). The best case timescale was 18 months to 2 years which means maybe by the end of 2021. The Pharmacy companies have made a lot of money out of politicians who throw money at any indication of a vaccine but then again the politicians are the one who created this market by saying a vaccine is just around the corner rather than telling the public that lifestyle changes were long term. I would hope that in a few months time a public enquiry is launched into what money was thrown at pre-ordering vaccines before they had been tested, the relationship between the politicians running those companies and the government. Whilst they are at it a close look at what money was flung at IT companies to come up with apps to help with test and trace would I think be an eye opener.

Oh, you are funny. And henceforth, ignored.