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by yadco 2086 days ago
The lockdowns where only meant to stop hospitals from being overrun, not as a long term solution.
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We didn't see hospitals getting overrun in many places. So a lot of people have this sense that the lockdowns were unnecessary. But we did see hospitals getting overrun in places like new york, with fairly disastrous consequences. This could have been much worse.

When a boy cries "wolf," one must consider that the wolf understands that the villagers will come, and therefore skedaddles. On the third night, the wolf knows the game, but the overconfident villagers get their sheep et.

The hospitals were overrun in New York, or we feared they might be? Afaiu the hospital ship as well as the temporary hospitals were never used.
Yes, I feel like a “bait and switch” has been pulled on us.