Ok, maybe it was my interpretation.Archived Message
Posted by Raskolnikov on June 5, 2020, 12:55 pm, in reply to "Re: GTF"
I haven't really taken part in the debate on Covid here either, but even a simple change like making the first sentence read just "If" rather than "If and when"; the latter phrasing implies certainty and as far as I'm aware there isn't any.
Also, I don't think any of the people that argued against the "it's just the flu, no need for lockdown/social distancing, etc." school ever ignored the creeping hand of state power. Because people might have argued that a lockdown was necessary to avoid the NHS being overloaded, it surely doesn't mean they don't love liberty and freedom.
As RG is fond of saying, let's wait and see what evidence emerges as some kind of normality returns.