B1ackwater
2021-01-25 02:00:22 UTC
Yes, that image of bovine contentedness is quickly losing
its credibility. Today there were big riots in the Netherlands,
including water cannons and attack dogs and a Covid
testing center burnt to the ground. A mob also burned
an effigy of the Danish PM in Copenhagen. In the UK,
they keep arresting mass numbers for having big parties
and the parties and such just keep getting bigger.
Now we can agree on the scientific correctness of the
lockdowns and related restrictions. However that is not
the ONLY science that needs to be considered. People
are social and need to be Doing Shit and Making Money
and need to feel they can just get out and walk around -
so the PSYCHOLOGY of the anti-Virus measures makes
them counter-scientific.
What good is it if you can save some from the Virus, but
destroy your society and economy in the process ? That's
like burning down your house to get rid of cockroaches.
There are no great answers or compromises here. Sometimes
there just aren't and that's that - the universe simply cannot be
bent to the convenience of ape-decendants and their little
problems.
But Europe had better find SOMETHING quick. The vaccination
drives are NOT going very well - supply is clearly not going to
keep up with the massive demand. Vaccines are high-tech
products and manufacture cannot be conveniently scaled-up
like for car batteries or frying pans. Lockdowns are going to
see the place burnt down and no lockdowns mean a large
increase in mortality. Fun eh ?
IMHO, there has been so much focus on the unobtanium of
vaccines that efforts on new/better TREATMENT regimes
were eclipsed. Time to pool all that knowledge gained by
doctors/researchers across the world. If mortality can be
notably reduced by better treatments then the lockdowns
can be eased-off a bit and society and economies need
not crumble.
its credibility. Today there were big riots in the Netherlands,
including water cannons and attack dogs and a Covid
testing center burnt to the ground. A mob also burned
an effigy of the Danish PM in Copenhagen. In the UK,
they keep arresting mass numbers for having big parties
and the parties and such just keep getting bigger.
Now we can agree on the scientific correctness of the
lockdowns and related restrictions. However that is not
the ONLY science that needs to be considered. People
are social and need to be Doing Shit and Making Money
and need to feel they can just get out and walk around -
so the PSYCHOLOGY of the anti-Virus measures makes
them counter-scientific.
What good is it if you can save some from the Virus, but
destroy your society and economy in the process ? That's
like burning down your house to get rid of cockroaches.
There are no great answers or compromises here. Sometimes
there just aren't and that's that - the universe simply cannot be
bent to the convenience of ape-decendants and their little
problems.
But Europe had better find SOMETHING quick. The vaccination
drives are NOT going very well - supply is clearly not going to
keep up with the massive demand. Vaccines are high-tech
products and manufacture cannot be conveniently scaled-up
like for car batteries or frying pans. Lockdowns are going to
see the place burnt down and no lockdowns mean a large
increase in mortality. Fun eh ?
IMHO, there has been so much focus on the unobtanium of
vaccines that efforts on new/better TREATMENT regimes
were eclipsed. Time to pool all that knowledge gained by
doctors/researchers across the world. If mortality can be
notably reduced by better treatments then the lockdowns
can be eased-off a bit and society and economies need
not crumble.