Thanks, Willem, Archived Message Posted by AlanG on April 29, 2020, 3:13 pm, in reply to "Neil Clark: Wanting the UK lockdown to end does not make you a nasty right-wing capitalist " It's nothing all that new but it's well put. We especially liked the last bit (hardly an irresponsible argument!): 'Instead of supporting a prolonged domestic lockdown the left should be noting who benefits most financially from the shutdown and support its easing. There may well be a ‘second wave’ or a spike in Covid-19 cases in the autumn, which needs to be guarded against but there’s solid scientific grounds for thinking that the virus will run its course and infections and deaths (already falling) will decline steeply as the spring/summer progresses and people‘s immune systems are boosted by being out and about in the sunshine and getting lots of Vitamin D. Closing ports of entry for at least three months (or enforcing strict mandatory quarantine measures) to ensure no new Covid-19 cases are imported into the country would also help the situation. Of course there are risks involved in lifting the lockdown, but nowhere near as many as continuing with one for several months to come. People, please wake up!' Message Thread: Neil Clark: Wanting the UK lockdown to end does not make you a nasty right-wing capitalist - Willem April 29, 2020, 1:12 pm Who does not want to come out of Lockdown? Who is unaware of the harms? - dan April 29, 2020, 1:34 pm something on sikora not in mail - for interest - I am aware it represents an ad hom. - dan April 29, 2020, 1:47 pm Re: something on sikora not in mail - for interest - I am aware it represents an ad hom. - Mary April 29, 2020, 2:18 pm Re: something on sikora not in mail - for interest - I am aware it represents an ad hom. - dan April 29, 2020, 2:33 pm Re: something on sikora not in mail - for interest - I am aware it represents an ad hom. - Mary April 29, 2020, 6:45 pm Thanks, Willem, - AlanG April 29, 2020, 3:13 pm   Searching