Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"The virus is far too efficient,"
Actually it isn't - it currently has only infected 270,000 people in the Uk in over 4 months - 4% of the population - and its only killed 1 in 1700 of the population - and 90% of them are over 60 and already sick. One reason biological weapons are more widely used is exactly this issue - they are unpredictable and slow. The real damage to the world is the lock down - but that is voluntary and could be reversed immediately if a "hot" war broke out
Ok it isn't efficient, but the reaction is highly jittery. The statistics, as you've explained show it isn't making the kind of inroads that the overall reaction justifies. But there is certainly paranoia about this virus, if we've got Bookshops wanting to disinfect books which have been picked up, browsed then put back. If not disinfect, they want to trolly them away for several days quarantine.
The reaction across the Globe may vary somewhat, but this kind of behaviour seems irrational, I say that because such standards of safeguarding largely can not and will not be maintained. Ponderous action like that we're seeing in bookshops isn't going to make any difference. As usual, however serious this situation it is, we've lost sight, not just the government, but the press and opposition voices are too combative for all political reasons. The government can't lead as opposed political groups are getting their digs in to try and counter the government advice.
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