Comments by "Athelstan" (@AthelstanEngland) on "Boris Johnson seeks to reassure Britons as second lockdown begins" video.

  1. They are so far in that they can't admit lockdown, masks, social distancing are all wrong. Mortality shows Covid, at worst, about 1.4 times more dangerous than flu in an average year and so far less deaths than in 2001 flu epidemic. Already it's migrated to mink and most likely other animals and back to humans so a vaccine will never work. In the meantime millions to Serco and public relation firms not to mention billions for furlough. In short, the governments around the world have f**ked up big time. People need to ignore this lockdown, take of your masks and carry on as normal. We do not consent.
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  2.  @DMC888  not supported by the numbers. I agree it's more probably more infectious but the hospitals in UK work on over 85% in ICU at all times. Our local hospital in Bedford had 8 of 11 beds occupied in January pre-covid. So the 'huge influx' is actually only a handful of people at each hospital. They manage it just fine every other year. The issue is a third of NHS staff self isolating and so not available for work... needlessly self isolating... thus other wards are now empty because they can't staff them. Deaths for NHS staff was actually under the national average so this is all self inflicted.
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