I find it extraordinary that the goalpost has completely moved without even a debate about it.
We were told to enter this lockdown to flatten the curve to under the capacity of the healthcare system so it is not overwhelmed.
Now we are being told we can’t leave the lockdown as someone more could die, ie the objective is not to remain under the capacity of the healthcare system but to go to zero deaths at all costs.
If the healthcare system has spare capacity, which seems to be the case pretty much everywhere, this lockdown is no longer justified.
We were told to enter this lockdown to flatten the curve to under the capacity of the healthcare system so it is not overwhelmed.
Now we are being told we can’t leave the lockdown as someone more could die, ie the objective is not to remain under the capacity of the healthcare system but to go to zero deaths at all costs.
If the healthcare system has spare capacity, which seems to be the case pretty much everywhere, this lockdown is no longer justified.