Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Warning that UK risks “catastrophe” with record number of new Covid infections - BBC News" video.

Johnson needs to grow a pair and put the ENTIRE nation into tier 10 for a month (as he should have in March before he destroyed our businesses) - food shopping only. No schools, no building sites, no offices no businesses deeming themselves essential. No mask exceptions, enforced by the army under pain of imprisonment. Even NOW primary kids are allowed to school. And free movement between tiers. Such pathetically weak leadership.
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@jadis40 Keep your stupidity to yourself. Almost 1000 people died today.
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@jadis40 What do you think is happening around you? Are all those deaths irrelevant because they're not you? Are you so utterly self absorbed, that the thought of showing a bit of community spirit for a few months is repugnant to you? Do you care nothing for your older family members or friends? I'm asking all of these questions in all sincerity, because if your only take away from this is "martial law" I can't help wondering if you're perceiving the world as it really is, or if you've somehow convinced yourself that you are the victim and not the tens of thousands of dead, and the hundreds of thousands of horribly ill and injured for life people. Frankly, I'm amazed. What do you think will happen if all the things you advocate for will happen? Hundreds of thousands dead. Or more. Do you think that's a reasonable price to pay for your freedom? Are YOU willing to pay that price personally for the sake of a few months of inconvenience?
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@jadis40 I'd have imposed martial law in March for 2 or 3 or 4 weeks without even blinking an eye. Not out of authoritarianism, but because a government's primary function is the wellbeing of the people. It was clear from the very start that it would never be over in a couple of weeks because the lockdown was never comprehensive. If it HAD been, coupled with effective track and trace, a ban on all travel into the country, and adequate PPP for genuinely essential workers and a total edict on mask wearing in stores, plus a flawless example set from the highest level, the number of deaths would have been tiny, and we'd likely be back to relatively normal life now, as they are in Australia or new Zealand. This entire situation has been a guidebook on how to mishandle a national pandemic. And yes, OF COURSE the restrictions will be lifted. They can't WAIT to do so. Johnson is a populist - all he wants is to be loved (and to enrich himself and his cronies). Do you think he wants to make the painful decisions? Of course not, because he's a coward, which is why he wanted to open for Christmas even though it was clearly an insane thing to do. But you don't buy hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine if your end game is to lock people down indefinitely. They're already halving the dosage in order to double the number of people given immunity quickly. There is ZERO evidence to indicate that the government has any desire to lock the nation down indefinitely. But if that WAS the plan, to what end? How would it be financially sustainable? How would it be socially sustainable? How would a country whose coffers never fully recovered from the 2008 recession, manage to pay for all the millions whose businesses have been suspended or destroyed? How would they prevent the eventual anarchy? And how would poverty serve the elites? You say you're looking at the bigger picture. Ignoring the slide towards fascism that you seem to be implying, what are the other consequences, and how do they weigh compared to the loss of life? Yes, people need to get back to work and school - no argument from me - but we hit 1000 deaths yesterday and that was WITH a national lockdown. America has lost 300,000+ with a far lower population density (although admittedly many of those in cities). You have only seen the consequences in Britain when we were trying hard to control the virus. How many people are you willing to sacrifice if we simply surrender all efforts? You say you are thinking long term, but I don't believe you are considering the many knock-on effects. I am VERY concerned about the economy, and perhaps even more concerned for an entire generation of children aged 4-7 who are missing education during the most important language and socialisation formative years. To me, it is a lesser of two evils - a draconian restriction on ALL our liberties for a month (or however long the science suggests to within reason), then the death of the virus; or trying to appease people who consider that an unacceptable infringement, and sacrificing hundreds of thousands of people. People who are financial supporters, child carers and more. To say nothing of the non-covid patients who die due to the lack of hospital beds.
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