Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
You only have to look at the number of cases to see that lockdowns work. Monkfish has said before there is no scientific evidence they work - it's nonsense to say that.

Are they fun? Do we want them? Do we want them for months on end? Obviously no.

Are they successful in reducing cases, which is the point? Yes.

Are there other, awful side effects of lockdowns? Yes.

But they absolutely work.
What are lockdowns ? Essentially they are designed to stop people mixing in a way that they will pass the virus onto another person. If I can go into Tesco with a mask on, then there's no logical reason why I shouldn't go into a pub, restaurant, Department Store, where control measures are ten times stricter. On top of that, the lack of external social interaction that the majority of us crave has increased the need to visit people/families in their own homes. I seriously doubt they've worked. We're over a year into this with 100,000 dead. Even if any of our leaders, medical or political though the same, I doubt they would risk being lyched by admitting it now.