Comments by "Horizon" (@Horizon344) on "Wilfred Reilly: there is no evidence that lockdowns work" video.

& There's no evidence yet that they don't either, so let's try and see, rather than end up with 50 million dead like the last pandemic in 1918, you fucking Libertarian idiots, & btw, what the hell does a "political scientist" know about epidemiology or virology come to think about it??
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@whynot5443 It's spread around the globe like wildfire in a few weeks, so far killing 1/4 of a million people. What do you think?
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@whynot5443 There have been several epidemic viruses over the last 100 years - NONE have spread with the rapidity globally as this. I don't think it's sensible to totally end lock-down until there is a vaccine, certainly not if it mutates into a more lethal strain.
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@whynot5443 Interesting, but how does that explain the opposite happening with the 1918 Influenza virus, the 2nd & 3rd waves of which were far more lethal than the 1st?
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@whynot5443 I'm not sure the 2nd strain of the 1918 Influenza pandemic primarily killed people who before it appeared were "very ill crowded together in hospitals"? It put them into the hospitals where they died of it in their 10's of millions globally. Do you think if that is allowed to happen again the economy is going to be in a good state whilst it's going on?
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@whynot5443 If things are so much better now how has this virus spread around the world like world like wildfire, as fast as its predecessor did in 1918? It may not be the same virus as the 1918 one, but we haven't had one behave like this since that one, does that not give you pause for thought? If it does become as bad as that by letting it rip, how much economic damage do you think that will cause? Economies can be rebuilt, lost lives can't.
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@whynot5443 It's currently being contained by the lock-down measures, what you're suggesting is remove them & let it rip for economic reasons.
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@whynot5443 The reason for the lock-down tactic is to break the transmission cycle, social distancing & public health service announcements about hygiene proved ineffective when they were tried on their own, but the lock-down has been effective in breaking it in all countries. Economies can be rebuilt, lives lost can't, & once again, if you let this virus rip thru the population the economy will be wrecked by it also. Any short-term economic hit can be covered by the Treasury using emergency financial powers.
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