You also have to bear in mind, China quite possibly aren't being totally truthful with their figures, although I doubt they are under estimating them to the extent that would take them from one of the best coping countries in the world to one of the worst.
I don't know what it's like around you, but certainly up here, the lockdown hasn't done anything, if anything places are busier. They may as well have just closed the pubs than made a full lockdown. The shops that are left open are busier than they were during the last one, the roads are busier than normal, beaches and parks are busier than they usually are on a hot summers day, and social distancing seems non existent most the time.
What annoys me is when things are posted as fact, not so much on here, but on social media with links to scientific reports to back up the claims, which, lets be honest, most people won't understand. They then start spreading whatever has been posted as fact, people believe them and ends up with no one having any idea what they can/can't do, what is/isn't true. If I started posting as fact 'don't take the vaccine as the government are going to embed microchips into your blood' and refused to discuss it, just kept reposting it, would you think that was acceptable? Look at some of the things he posts, a Daily Mail articles from almost 3 years ago, linking to government advice on mask wearing claiming it says you can't challenge anyone who isn't, when it says nothing of the sort and I had already posted the law, claiming mask wearers are 'moaners and on a high horse' if they complain about people who don't, stating as fact the peak was reached before we went into the first lockdown, despite there being 5 times more cases a month later.
As I say, I don't have any problem with anyone having a different view to me, and I'm much less convinced this second lockdown was needed than the first, but I do take issue with anyone who backs up their statements with lies. If I posts a fact and it's made up, or plainly wrong, then I would expect to get pulled to bits for saying it.
It certainly doesn't offend me
I like debate, and differing views, it challenges me to look further into things and get a greater understanding of things.
Obviously I'm aware of the anti lockdown arguments and I agree with some of them. Job losses are going to be horrendous, especially in the leisure and hospitality industries. I'm not sure that they will be gone forever though, and, just as some people claim, the virus isn't killing people, it's just shortening their lives by a few months (which is the same thing really), pubs were closing at an alarming rate before the virus, surely you could argue the lockdown has just sped up what was inevitable anyway? People will still want to go out for meals when this is over, the hospitality venues that have closed and laid staff off will likely re-open if they were previously profitable, either by the original owners or by someone who has bought/rented the business. They will then be taking staff on again. Some industries have boomed, supermarkets for example, I know my local Morrisons took on almost 70 new staff they were so much busier than before. Many hotels will re-open, people will still want holidays when this is over, businesses will have overnight stays again, a lot of staff will be re-employed.
... so had to recently open 'covid lockdown 2' as a new blinking folder of bookmarks!
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