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by MuchoMaas 1428 days ago
> I see lots of commentators arguing about 'lockdowns', but very little discussion what actually constitutes 'lockdowns'. Lockdowns in China looked very different to lockdowns in Europa or lockdowns in the US. Lockdowns in 2020, in most countries, were very different to lockdowns in 2022.

I'm not sure why I'm supposed to care about this distinction when they've all proven to be completely ineffective can-kicking at best, enormously costly interventions whose scope was extended well beyond their initial "15 days to slow the spread" mandate for precious little (if any) benefit and an accumulating roster of harms.
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kcplate 1428 days ago
You are supposed to care because effect of policies no longer matters, only the intentions.

Pragmatism is apparently a forbidden concept in 2022.

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trention 1428 days ago
>can-kicking at best

Covid deaths per 100k population

USA 311.7

New Zealand 40.27

Source: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

This is what happens when you "can-kick" infections after vaccination (actually, not even after vaccination but after offering vaccines to the population - and a lot of them stupidly refusing them).

As I said:

>Humanity is really (mostly) unfit to deal with ... nuanced information

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